Montaubans Tract about France

Montauban's Tract about FranceThe facts about Le Cote d'Or, and the town of Courchevel in Languedoc-Roussillon are disputed by Montauban, who also quotes De la Langue. However, French historians have placed him in either Alsace or the Languedoc region, so this passage is a mystery indeed. He was supposedly very young at the time, and if he was not yet twenty, then he was far too young to be an historian.Morison states that in his first book, Gogolin, he describes the gravelled road leading to Gogolin where, in 1195, the famous French king Louis VII had died in battle, and where the French fortress now stands. This fact is disputed by the Languedoc-Roussillon folk who claim that there was a ditch running through the region. Furthermore, Montauban provides a map from this period, which shows a large ditch just south of the road.The little known Grey Brig's Tomb, which Morison did not mention at all, is one of the most important relics of the Languedoc-Roussillon area. Morison also clai ms that the town was under the control of the Dukes of Champagne. This claim has never been proven as it would have meant that the Dukes of Champagne had control over both Languedoc and Courchevel, which is precisely what no one ever claimed. Montauban confirms the similarity between Courchevel and Languedoc when he describes them as having similar high walls and says that, according to the 'laurentian tradition', the land was granted to the Dukes of Champagne by the pope.Morison also attributes the presence of the great Le Mans Cathedral to the fact that the Burgundians had a high wall around the town. However, it is known that the town had a great many forts and castles during the latter part of the thirteenth century, and that the town gate of Le Mans was run by means of a horse-drawn wheel, which was pulled by four carts and the passage of four horses. Montauban, who visited Courchevel during his expedition, again never mentions the existence of any forts or castles.Montauban sa ys that Morison gives him little information about Courchevel. Morison also states that the region of Courchevel, which was one of the villages of the Languedoc region, had a street named by the name of Trois Marchandiers. However, the street does not exist at all, nor is there any mention of any such street in any book written by Morison. On the other hand, in his Memoirs of the Troubadours, Montauban provides a map which shows a street named by the name of Trois Marchandiers, but this was, according to the French historians, a place that was present before the town was built, and which existed after the new town was built.In fact, according to the Montauban, Morison shows little knowledge of the Languedoc region. Montauban also tells us that he had visited the area which he would later write about in such books as Gogolin and found that it was 'a place which had at the centre of a fort, situated towards the extreme right bank of the river.' He does not give any name for the fort.F inally, Montauban suggests that Morison was 'much favoured' by a Roman leader, Valerius Flaccus, to whom he applied for permission to cross the Rhone to explore the region. Morison was denied permission by Valerius and decided to sail eastward along the banks of the Rhone. As he later did, he came across the city of Paris, which had been founded by Marigny, who went on to establish a colony in Brittany.However, by the time Morison wrote his memoirs, the Roman Empire had dissolved, and the colony in Brittany was annexed by the king of France. He describes an early town of the Languedoc region, Courchezone, which was founded by a Roman soldier called Romanus, and which existed in the sixth century.