original_query: What role did Louis XI play in the rapprochement between Philip the Good and Charles VII?
query: What role did Louis XI play in the rapprochement between Philip the Good and Charles VII?
answer: Louis XI did not directly contribute to the rapprochement between Philip the Good and Charles VII; instead, he acted to secure a stronghold in Vézelay by imposing his courtier, Pierre de Balzac, because he did not tolerate the abbots being bound to the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold.