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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 countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de

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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 death of the bishop of Paris. The marriages,
  of the duke of Brabant with the niece of the
  king of Bohemia; of the constable of France’s
  daughter with the son of Montagu, grand
  master of the household; of the king of
  Cyprus with Charlotte de Bourbon                       115


  CHAP. XI.

  The duke of Burgundy holds a great council
  at Lille on his affairs. The death of the
  duchess of Orleans                                     120


  CHAP. XII.

  The town of Genoa rebels against Boucicaut,
  marshal of France, the governor, while
  obeying a summons from the duke of
  Milan                                                  123


  CHAP. XIII.

  The princes of the blood assemble, and resolve
  to reform the management of the royal
  finances. The death of Montagu                         127


  CHAP. XIV.

  Duke Louis of Bavaria espouses the daughter
  of the king of Navarre. The names of the
  lords who came to Paris in obedience to the
  king’s orders                                          140


  CHAP. XV.

  The king of France keeps royal state in his
  palace, wherein several of the great lords
  before mentioned hold many councils on
  the state of the nation                                144


  CHAP. XVI.

  A great dissension takes places this year between
  the king of Poland, on the one hand, and the
  grand master of Prussia and his knights on
  the other                                              153


  CHAP. XVII.

  The duke of Berry, by the king’s commands,
  returns to Paris. The marriage of the son
  of the king of Sicily. The assembly that is
  holden at Meun le Chastel                              156


  CHAP. XVIII.

  The king of Sicily goes to Provence and to
  Bologna, to meet his rival king Ladislaus.
  The death of pope Alexander, and the
  election of pope John                                  159


  CHAP. XIX.

  The grand master of Prussia marches a
  powerful army of Christians into Lithuania             170


  CHAP. XX.

  The duke of Berry quits Paris, and retires to his
  own estates. He goes afterward to Angers,
  and unites with the duke of Orleans and the
  other princes of his party                             173


  CHAP. XXI.

  The death of the duke of Bourbon. The
  proclamation of the king of France. The
  duke of Orleans and his allies send letters
  to the principal towns in France                       178


  CHAP. XXII.

  In consequence of the negotiations between the
  two parties of Burgundy and of Orleans,
  peace is made between them, and called
  ‘The Peace of Winchester,’ which was the
  second peace                                           199


  CHAP. XXIII.

  A meeting of the university and clergy is held
  on the 23d of November, in the church of
  St Bernard at Paris, on the state of the church        206


  CHAP. XXIV.

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