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In the fourteenth century, Issoudun still had sixteen or seventeen thousand inhabitants, remains of a population double that number in the time of Rigord. Charles VII. possessed a mansion which still exists, and was known, as late as the eighteenth century, as the Maison du Roi.
There is, moreover, a certain connection between the condition of the city of Issoudun and the interests of the Bridau family, which can only be seen as the story goes on. Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce.
In the fourteenth century, Issoudun still had sixteen or seventeen thousand inhabitants, remains of a population double that number in the time of Rigord. Charles VII. possessed a mansion which still exists, and was known, as late as the eighteenth century, as the Maison du Roi.
"The king gave the same orders," adds the historian Rigord, "about the towns and castles of all his kingdom; "and indeed it appears from the catalogue of M. Leopold Delisle, at the date of 1193, "that, at the request of Philip Augustus, Peter de Courtenai, Count of Nevers, with the aid of the church-men, had the walls of the town of Auxerre built."
There is, moreover, a certain connection between the condition of the city of Issoudun and the interests of the Bridau family, which can only be seen as the story goes on. Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce.
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