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The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 03 [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. 03 [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. 03 [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.

  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. III.

  LONDON:

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

  1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE THIRD VOLUME_.

    CHAP. I.

                                                                   PAGE

    The king of France sends different captains
    with troops to harrass the Armagnacs on
    the frontiers. The defeat of the count de
    la Marche                                                         1

    CHAP. II.

    The king of France sends ambassadors to
    England. The lord de Croy and the duke
    of Bourbon's children obtain their liberty.
    Of count Waleran de St Pol                                        9

    CHAP. III.

    The dukes of Berry and of Orleans, with
    others of their adherents, send an embassy
    to the king of England. The consequences
    of it                                                            13

    CHAP. IV.

    Duke Louis of Bavaria is driven out of Paris
    by the Parisians, and his people robbed.
    Of the cardinal de Cambray, and the
    prohibition of the king of England                               24

    CHAP. V.

    The king of Sicily leaves Paris. The siege
    of Domfront. The battle of St Remy du
    Plain. The siege of Bellesme, and other
    events of the year                                               28

    CHAP. VI.

    Charles king of France, attended by other
    princes, marches a large force from Paris
    to Bourges. Letters from the king of
    England, and other matters                                       39

    CHAP. VII.

    The town of Vervins is taken by sir Clugnet
    de Brabant, and afterward retaken. The
    castle of Gersies is won by sir Simon de
    Clermont                                                         45

    CHAP. VIII.

    The king of France receives certain information
    that his adversaries had formed an alliance
    with the king of England. The constable
    marches into the Boulonois                                       49

    CHAP. IX.

    The king of France lays siege to Fontenay and
    to Bourges. The events that happened
    while he remained there                                          52

    CHAP. X.

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