bailliage

Updated: May 7, 2025

This Groslot, whose dual position was one of the singularities of this period when Reformers themselves owned abbeys Groslot, the Jacques Coeur of Orleans, one of the richest burghers of the day, did not bequeath his name to the house, for in after years it was called Le Bailliage, having been, undoubtedly, purchased either by the heirs of the Crown or by the provinces as the proper place in which to hold the legal courts.

Honoré de Balzac - Catherine De Medici