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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [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. 04 [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. 04 [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.

_H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London._

  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. IV.

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

  1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE FOURTH VOLUME_.

                                                              PAGE

  CHAP. I.

  The chains are taken away from the streets
  of Paris. The Parisians are kept in great
  subjection. Other royal edicts are proclaimed                 1

  CHAP. II.

  The duke of Burgundy holds a grand conference
  with his nobles in Arras, who
  promise to serve him against all his enemies                 15

  CHAP. III.

  A grand council held, in the king's name at
  Paris                                                        17

  CHAP. IV.

  The duke of Acquitaine leaves Paris, and
  joins the king of France at Senlis. He
  marches thence to lay siege to the town of
  Compiegne                                                    22

  CHAP. V.

  The king of France marches his army from
  Compiegne to Soissons, which he besieges
  and takes by storm: it is pillaged
  and destroyed                                                 26

  CHAP. VI.

  The king, after the capture of Soissons,
  marches to St Quentin, and thence to Peronne,
  to facilitate his entrance into Artois                       35

  CHAP. VII.

  The duke of Burgundy places garrisons in
  different towns and castles. The king
  of France marches his army from Peronne
  to besiege Bapaume                                           40

  CHAP. VIII.

  The inhabitants of Arras fortify their town
  very strongly, and burn and destroy several
  handsome edifices which were
  around it                                                    46

  CHAP. IX.

  Charles king of France, having reduced
  Bapaume to his obedience, marches to lay
  siege to Arras, and to subject that city to
  his power                                                   48

  CHAP. X.

  The duke of Brabant and the countess of
  Hainault visit the king of France when
  before Arras, and negociate a peace for
  their brother the duke of Burgundy and
  his allies                                                   58

  CHAP. XI.

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