Good Guy Louis VII makes right an expensive wrong!

>[Abbot Suger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Abbot_Suger.jpg) of Saint-Denis was a different sort of adversary, all the stronger for his disarming kindness. This frail little monk of humble origin, who was both an aesthete and a mystic, had been the friend and counsellor of [Louis VI](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/S%C3%89RIE_M%C3%89TALLIQUE_DES_ROIS_DE_FRANCE%2C_Louis_VI_le_Gros.jpg) and continued to advise [Louis VII](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Louis_VII_ristiretki.PNG). He showed unusual compassion for the poor and their sufferings at the hand of rapacious lords. >His influence showed in the king’s behaviour: building a hunting lodge at Fontainebleau Louis appropriated a peasant’s field by mistake; when he learned the truth, he ordered the manor to be demolished and returned the field. ________________________ **Source:** Seward, Desmond. “Queen of France.” *Eleanor of Aquitaine*. New York: Times , 1979. 30, 29. Print. ________________________ **Further Reading:** [Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suger) [Louis VI of France / Louis le Gros (Louis the Fat)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VI_of_France) [Louis VII of France / Louis le Jeune (Louis the Younger / Louis the Young)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France)