. Une Princesse médiévale ; être un véritable bilan de l'évolution de la fortune qui a divers titres pour Jacqueline, comtesse de Hollande, ainsi qu'un compte rendu de son conflit avec Philippe, duc de Bourgogne (1401-1436). ommenting sur l'amende et festivitiesof seigneuriale dont il était un témoin oculaire,^ whatjoy le duc et la duchesse fait ensemble,et aucun n'aurait soupçonné dans ce qui peu-ter warfare ils avaient été engagés. Il wasan fonction indéfectible de Philips pour politique d'beconciliating quand il était possible, et dans allthis considérant qu'il est évident que Jacqueline waswell et honorablement traitée. Il est difficu

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. A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436). ommenting on the fine and stately festivitiesof which he was an eye-witness, ^ whatjoy the Duke and Duchess made together, and none would have suspected in what bit-ter warfare they had been engaged. It wasan unswerving feature of Philips policy to beconciliating when it was possible, and in allthis recital it is evident that Jacqueline waswell and honourably treated. It is difficultto reconcile her part in these gay scenes, where were present all the nobles who hadfought against her party, with her own plain-tive statements of her misery in her letters ^ Cartulaire, v., p. 5, etc. Monstrelet, iv., ii., chap. 53.^Chronique, ii., ch. 156. 212 a riDeMaeval prlnce06 of a few months previous. There is no ac-count of her own feelings, but there areabundant records to show how she used herdearly acquired income in pensions and re-wards to the followers of her lost cause, andhow she endeavoured to make good whatthey had risked in her behalf^ ^ Codex Dip. (Hist. Genoot. te Utrecht 1852), p. 230.. CHAPTER XIIIThe Silent Partner 1428-1433 pHILIPS victory was thus pleasantlysealed with the kiss of friendship andJacqueline had a pkim, a cherry, and a fig inreturn for her provinces. To be sure, for abrief space, feudal supremacy seemed tobe shared, not renounced, and supportedby the administrative joint council of nine, wherein sat the representatives of hered-itary countess and of present ruward. Butonly a few months elapsed before anotheradjustment was made. In a compact ofJanuary 24, 1429, Jacqueline compoundedher share of the revenues for a fixed incomeof sixteen thousand crowns, the council ofnine was abandoned, and Philip relieved hiscousin of a still greater share of the bur-dens of life and of government. 213 214 H riDeM^pal pdncc66 It is touching to read in th

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