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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries — John Shaqi

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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries

Name: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

THE

  CHRONICLES

  OF

  ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET;

  CONTAINING

  AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUEL CIVIL WARS BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF

  ORLEANS AND BURGUNDY;

  OF THE POSSESSION OF

  PARIS AND NORMANDY BY THE ENGLISH;

  _THEIR EXPULSION THENCE_;

  AND OF OTHER

  MEMORABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE,

  AS WELL AS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

  _A HISTORY OF FAIR EXAMPLE, AND OF GREAT PROFIT TO THE
  FRENCH_,

    _Beginning at the Year_ MCCCC. _where that of Sir JOHN
    FROISSART finishes, and ending at the Year_ MCCCCLXVII. _and
    continued by others to the Year_ MDXVI.

  TRANSLATED
  BY THOMAS JOHNES, ESQ.

  IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES ... VOL. II.

  LONDON:

  PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
  AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.

  1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE SECOND VOLUME_.

  CHAP. I.

                                                        PAGE

  The conclusion of the duchess of Orleans’
  advocate against the duke of Burgundy,
  and the reply from the chancellor                        1

  CHAP. II.

  Guye de Roye, archbishop of Rheims, appeals
  from the constitutions drawn up by the
  university of Paris, which angers that body,
  and they imprison his commissary                        16

  CHAP. III.

  The duke of Burgundy assembles a large body
  of men at arms to succour John of Bavaria
  against the Liegeois, and combats them                  19

  CHAP. IV.

  The king of France holds a grand council at Paris,
  to consider on the manner of proceeding
  against the duke of Burgundy for the murder
  of the duke of Orleans                                  59

  CHAP. V.

  The king of France is carried, by the princes of
  the blood, to Tours in Touraine. Peace is
  made in the town of Chartres. The death
  of the dowager-duchess of Orleans                       63

  CHAP. VI.

  The queen of Spain dies during the sitting of the
  council at Pisa. The marriage of the king
  of Denmark, Norway and Sweden                           77

  CHAP. VII.

  The king of France has a severe return of his
  disorder. The marriage of the count de
  Nevers with the damsel of Coucy. The war
  of Ame de Viry, a Savoyard, with the duke
  of Bourbon                                              79

  CHAP. VIII.

  Two combats take place at Paris in the presence
  of the king. The death of the archbishop of
  Rheims. The council at Pisa                             83

  CHAP. IX.

  The ambassadors to the council from the
  university of Paris write letters to inform
  those who had sent them of what had passed
  at this council. Pietro della Luna and
  Gregory are deprived of the papacy, and all
  persons forbidden by the holy council from
  obeying either in any manner. Peter of
  Candia, a Cordelier, is elected bishop of
  Rome by the cardinals. Regulations for
  the approbation of the general council                 105

  CHAP. X.

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