Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
This man was in constant revolt against his father, having joined the Praguerie and conspired against his father's mistress Agnes Sorel. His own closest advisors included his former barber, Olivier Le Daim, Cardinal Balue and Tristan L'Hermite. He had no shortage of enemies even in his own country, as the comte de Dunois, the duke of Alencon, and Francis II, duke of Brittany, were at constant war with him and even pooled their resources with his greatest rival in a group called the League of the Public Weal. Abroad, he tolerated the presence of the exiled Henry VI and allied with him against Edward IV in the Wars of the Roses. FTP, name this son of Charles VII, the king of France from 1461 to 1483, whose frequent machinations earned him the nickname The Spider
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History