Cambrai

And I do also help some defense tech startups in various capacities and advise them and help them succeed in government.

But, you know, the company that I founded, which is called Cambrai Systems, that is a product company intended to scale, I hope.

It's still very early.

I actually submitted my first SBIR proposal that I was one and only responsible for myself yesterday.

I'm excited.

And also, I have to say this.

Is it Cambrai or Cambrai?

It is Cambrai.

Yeah, they were going after everybody.

Israeli settler militants have attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai in Teba, the last remaining totally Christian village in the West Bank.

They injured three people and damaged a car in the latest violent attempt to prevent Palestinians from harvesting olives on their land.

We actually have video of some of this.

The repercussions made itself felt along the rivers which end in the Netherlands.

Cambrai and Valences on the Scheldt had already in the 10th century been mentioned as centers of trade.

This was also true of Cologne and Mainz on the Rhine.

The shores of the Channel and of the Atlantic, further removed from the seat of activity on the North Sea, do not seem to have had the same importance.

There were the Franks who remained near the cradle lands of the race in Thuringia, those who settled along the middle Rhine and who were called the Ripuarian Franks, and those who moved farther north and occupied those lands north of the Roman province of Gaul that were afterwards called the Low Countries.

Early in the 5th century these northern Franks under a chief named Clodian moved southward and drove the Roman garrison out of Cambrai in 445.

Clodian then seized Tournai, which became the capital of a new Frankish kingdom.

His successor, Merovig, who is said to have taken his part in the great battle of Chalon that drove Attila out of Gaul, died about 457 and was succeeded by his son Childeric.

When Clovis succeeded to his father's throne, his kingdom was one of four little Frankish kingdoms in northern Gaul.

Siegbert was king of the Ripuarian Franks, with his capital at Cologne.

Ragnacar ruled at Cambrai, Cararic at Terouenne, and Clovis at Tournai.

Further south in the valley of the Seine was the one district of Gaul still under Roman rule, the independent kingdom of Soissons, which Aegidius had founded and which was now ruled by his son Siagrius.

And it was also the way out of being a monk.

Because what happened to him was that he heard that the bishop of Cambrai, which was conveniently quite a way away from Stein, wanted a secretary.

And bishops wanted humanists to be their secretaries because they could then write beautiful Latin.

And so they could write the letters for the bishop to some other great man and the bishop would get the kudos, the credit for being educated.

And so Erasmus applied to be secretary of the bishop of Cambrai just for a while.

So he could leave the monastery for a while and then go to the bishop's secretary.

But he never came back.

Some historians have stated that in wedding his sister to Henry d'Albray, Francis pledged himself to compel Charles V to surrender his brother-in-law's kingdom of Navarre.

this however was but a political project of which no deed guaranteed the execution francis no doubt promised margaret to make every effort to further the restitution and she constantly reminded him of his promise as is shown by several of her letters however political exigencies prevented francis from carrying out his plans and in a diplomatic document concerning the release of the children whom charles held as hostages the following clause occurs item the said lord king promises not to help or favour the king of navarre although he has married his only and dear beloved sister in reconquering his kingdom the indifference shown by francis for the political fortunes of his brother-in-law despite the numerous and signal services the latter had rendered him justly discontented henry who at last resolved to withdraw from the court where montmorency briand and several other personages his declared enemies were in favor margaret apparently had to follow her husband in his retirement for sainte-marthe remarks when the king of navarre disgusted with the court and seeing none of the promises that his brother-in-law had made him realized resolved to withdraw to berne margaret although the keen air of the mountains was hurtful to her health and her doctors had threatened her with a premature death if she persevered in braving the rigors of the climate preferred to put her life in peril rather than to fail in her duty by not accompanying her husband various biographers express the opinion that this retirement took place in fifteen twenty nine shortly after the peace of cambrai and others give fifteen thirty as the probable date margaret we find paid a flying visit to berne with her husband in fifteen twenty seven on january seventh fifteen twenty eight she was confined of her first child jane at fontainebleau and the following year she is found with her little daughter at langres near alenon in fifteen thirty she is confined at blois of a second child john prince of vienna who died at alenon on christmas day in the same year when but five and a half months old then in fifteen thirty one her letters show her with her mother at fontainebleau and louise of savoy being stricken with the plague then raging in france margaret closes her eyes at gretz a little village between fontainebleau and nemours on september twenty second in that year it was after this event that the king and queen of navarre determined to proceed to berne but so far as margaret herself is concerned it is certain that retirement was never of long duration while her brother lived she is constantly to be found at alenon fontainebleau and paris being frequently with the king who did not like to remain separated from her for any length of time he was wont to initiate her into his political intrigues in view of availing himself of her keen and subtle mind brantome referring to this subject remarks that her wisdom was such that the ambassadors who spoke to her were greatly charmed by it and made great report of it to those of their nation on their return in this respect she relieved the king her brother for they the ambassadors always sought her after delivering the chief business of their embassy And often, when there was important business, the king handed it over to her, relying upon her for its definite resolution.

She understood very well how to entertain and satisfy the ambassadors with fine speeches, of which he was very lavish, and also very clever at worming their secrets out of them, for which reason the king often said that she helped him right well, and relieved him of a great deal.

Margaret's own letters supply proof of this.

Israeli settlers launched an attack on foreign envoys, a mayor from France, and the bishop of Cambrai in Taipei, located in the West Bank under occupation.

The incident left three individuals injured and caused damage to a vehicle.

Bernard Baudou, mayor of Aulnoy-Amory in northern France, was pushed to the ground as he approached a car with diplomatic registration.