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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 08 [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. 08 [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. 08 [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 English in the castle of Folleville do
    much damage to the country round Amiens.
    They defeat some Picard lords and
    their men                                                  256

    CHAP. XLV.

    Some of the garrisons of the count de St Pol
    rob the king of France's servants as they
    were conducting warlike stores from the
    city of Tournay. The reparation the
    count de St Pol makes for this conduct                     260

    CHAP. XLVI.

    The duchess of Burgundy waits on the king
    of France at Laon, to make some requests
    to him. Other matters                                      269

    CHAP. XLVII.

    The duchess of Burgundy leaves king
    Charles at Laon, and returns to the duke
    her lord at Quênoy                                         273

    CHAP. XLVIII.

    The fortress of Montaigu, belonging to the
    lord of Commercy, is destroyed, and
    razed to the ground, by orders from the
    duke of Burgundy                                           276

    CHAP. XLIX.

    The king of France lays siege to, and conquers,
    the town of Creil                                          278

    CHAP. L.

    The king of France marches to besiege the
    town and castle of Pontoise                                280

    CHAP. LI.

    The duke of York, governor of Normandy
    for the king of England, marches an army
    to Pontoise, to force the king of France to
    raise the siege                                            287

    CHAP. LII.

    The duke of Orleans returns to the duke
    of Burgundy from France                                    303

    CHAP. LIII.

    Remonstrances are sent to king Charles of
    France by the nobles assembled at Nevers                   305

    CHAP. LIV.

    The answers of the king of France and of
    his great council to the remonstrances of
    the nobles of France assembled at Nevers                   306

    CHAP. LV.

    King Charles assembles a large body of men
    at arms, and marches them to Tartas,
    where, however, the English do not appear                  333

    CHAP. LVI.

    The king of France, after gaining Tartas,
    comes before Saint Severe, and conquers
    that town and castle, with some others in
    Gascony                                                    337

    CHAP. LVII.

    Pierre de Regnault is forced to dislodge from
    the castle of Mailly                                       343

    CHAP. LVIII.

    The king of France assembles a large army
    to march into Normandy.--The earl of
    Somerset makes some conquests from the
    French in Anjou and elsewhere                              348

    CHAP. LIX.

    Some knights and gentlemen of the duke of
    Burgundy's court hold a tournament near
    to Dijon                                                   351

    CHAP. LX.

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