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 countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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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
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
In this manner did Charles king of France march from Arras to Bapaume:
he thence went to Peronne, Noyon, Compiegne and Senlis, where he and
his princes remained the whole of the month of September.
The peace that had been agreed to before Arras, by the interference of
the duke of Brabant, the countess of Hainault, and the deputies from
Flanders, for the duke of Burgundy, was finally concluded at Senlis,
through the means of Louis duke of Acquitaine, who had married the
daughter of the duke of Burgundy, notwithstanding the duke had been the
cause of those riots in Paris, when the duke of Bar and others, his
servants, had been arrested against his will.
The Orleans party had indeed treated him in the same way, by depriving
him of his confidential servants, and doing other things which were
displeasing to him. He was therefore very anxious that every thing
of the sort should be forgotten, and that henceforward the king and
himself should be served and obeyed with unanimity by those of their
blood and lineage, although he was often remonstrated with on the acts
which the duke of Burgundy had committed prior to the king's leaving
Paris; but he frankly replied, that he would put an end to the war, for
he saw plainly, that otherwise the king and kingdom were on the road to
perdition. The peace, therefore, was concluded on the terms recited in
the ensuing chapter.
CHAP. XI.
THE TREATY OF PEACE CONCLUDED AT ARRAS, WHICH WAS THE FIFTH, IS READ
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DUKE OF ACQUITAINE, AND SEVERAL OTHER PRINCES
OF THE BLOOD-ROYAL, AND THE OATHS THAT WERE TAKEN IN CONSEQUENCE.
The articles of the treaty of peace which had been humbly solicited
from the king, on the part of the duke of Burgundy, by the duke of
Brabant, the countess of Hainault, and the deputies from Flanders,
properly authorised by him, were read in the presence of the duke of
Acquitaine and the members of the king's grand council, and were as
follow.
'Whereas many mischiefs have been, from time to time, committed against
the realm of France, and contrary to the good pleasure and commands of
the king, and of his eldest son, the duke of Acquitaine, the aforesaid
commissioners, duly authorised by the duke of Burgundy, do most humbly
solicit and supplicate, in the name of the said duke, that all things
wherein the duke of Burgundy may have failed, or done wrong since the
peace of Pontois, and in opposition to the will and pleasure of the
king and the duke of Acquitaine, may be pardoned, and that they would,
out of their goodness, receive him again to their graces and favour.
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