July , 1369
Location : Palace of Versailles
France , conflicted with the royal England in the war of Hundred Year's , has become a threat to the whole Europe . The black prince of England is there to lead , In 1366 there was a civil war of succession in (part of modern Spain). The forces of the ruler were pitched against those of his half-brother . The English crown supported Peter; the French supported Henry. French forces were led by , a Breton, who rose from relatively humble beginnings to prominence as one of France's war leaders. Charles V provided a force of 12,000, with du Guesclin at their head, to support Trastámara in his invasion of Castile . Charles V summoned one Gascon lord and the Black Prince to hear the case in his High Court in Paris. The Black Prince answered that he would go to Paris with sixty thousand men behind him.B The French terrified,,,,,,,,,,,
CharlesV : It is impossible to prevent the English with only some small walls . We need something Solid . Some fortress to prevent the English , especially on the eastern side.
Counsilors : It is nearly impossible , my lord . There is a huge French army that we need to maintain . Our treasury is not so enough to build a strong fortress to prevent English army .
We can build some walls and we may have to increase the troops .
CharlesV : What about Scotland ? Will they not support us with their troops ? We had a treaty and alliance with the scots .
Counsilors : The Scots are almost destroyed , my lord . They have to contain their motherland with their remaining power .
CharlesV : Black prince is using all the powers of their treaty . The have Portugal , Burgundians , and some of ours . We can't prevent this with walls . We need more troops , we need more defense system.
I want to start the work , my health is not going so well , I want to start it , I want to just make an icon ............
Counsilors : As you wish , my lord ! "salue le roi"
The people of France was become terrified . They know about the black prince . They know he is coming to get revenge . |
Charles instructed Hugh Aubriot, the new provost, to build a much larger fortification on the same site as Marcel's bastille.The work of bastille began in 1370 with another pair of towers being built behind the first bastille, followed by two towers to the north, and finally two towers to the south..
Charles V started a new region which was started with construction of Bastille . Bastille played a keyrole in stopping the Black prince . But that was the only start. France were destined to go under a lot of stress , struggle , and the Bastille ,,,,,
and THE BASTILLE witnessed all .
This is the start of the regime of BASTILLE ,,,,, Lets hear ,
"There is always a patch of blue sky to the lowers ,
although the rest of the world may see nothing but their umbrellas "- Victor Hugo
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Bastille: The standing Icon of French Revolution(A French revolution Story)
Historical Fiction"An enormous fortress of prejudices, privileges, superstitions, lies, exactions, abuses, violences, iniquities, and darkness still stands erect in this world, with its towers of hatred. It must be cast down. This monstrous mass must be made to crumb...
