Excerpt from L'Escalade: Trois Récits
Amédée V de Savoie s'empare du château de l'ile. Ses fils détruisent le château du bourg-de-four. Amédée VI obtient, le vicariat de l'empire. Amédée VIII achète le comté de Genevois et devient duc. Le duc Louis prive Genève de ses foires. Les prétentions de l'évêque Jean Louis de Savoie. Réception du duc Charles Ier Les exactions du duc Philibert Il.
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