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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 05 [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. 05 [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. 05 [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. V.

  LONDON:

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

  1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE FIFTH VOLUME_.

  PAGE

  CHAP. I.

  The cardinals d'Orsini and di San Marco
  come to France to appease the quarrels of
  the princes of the blood royal. A peace
  is made at Montereau, but not kept                    1

  CHAP. II.

  King Henry of England conquers many
  towns in Normandy. The capture of the
  count de Harcourt, in Aumale, by his
  cousin sir James de Harcourt                          5

  CHAP. III.

  The city of Paris is taken by the duke of
  Burgundy. The Parisians turn to his
  party. The consequences that follow                   7

  CHAP. IV.

  After the capture of Paris, many towns and
  castles submit to the obedience of the
  duke of Burgundy. Other matters                      17

  CHAP. V.

  The commonalty of Paris assemble in great
  numbers, and cruelly put to death their
  prisoners                                            20

  CHAP. VI.

  The duke of Burgundy, on hearing what
  had passed at Paris, carries the queen thither.
  The death of Jean Bertrand                           24

  CHAP. VII.

  Pope Martin adjourns the council of Constance.
  The king of England conquers
  Pont de l'Arche. Other matters                       28

  CHAP. VIII.

  The duke of Touraine continues the war.
  The town of Compiegne won by the lord
  de Bocquiaux. The marriage of the duke
  of Brabant, and other matters                        32

  CHAP. IX.

  The king and the duke of Burgundy send
  captains for the defence of Rouen. Of a
  robber called Tabary                                 37

  CHAP. X.

  King Henry of England, with many Irish,
  besieges Rouen, where several skirmishes
  take place                                           40

  CHAP. XI.

  The sentence that had been formerly passed
  on master John Petit is publicly reversed.
  The capture of Laigny-sur-Marne. The
  arrival of the duke of Brittany, and other
  matters                                              44

  CHAP. XII.

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