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exaggeration born out of the political dissensions which occurred during the 

 reign of Charles VI. The preachers became the principal agents of the two 

 parties in presence (Fig. 403), known as the Armagnacs and the Burgundums. 

 In 1402, one of these preachers named Courtecuisse, in the pay of the Duke 



Fig. 401. Flemish Doctor haranguing the People in the open Street (Fifteenth Century). 

 Miniature of Manuscript from the " Chroniques de Hainaut." In the Burgundy Library, 

 Brussels. 



of Burgundy, solemnly declared from the pulpit that the King's brother, the 

 Duke of Orleans, was the partisan and supporter of the schismatics. In 



