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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [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. 09 [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. 09 [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 duke of Burgundy establishes garrisons
  round Ghent. He makes several inroads
  into the country of Waes                                210


  CHAP. XXXII.

  The Ghent men fortify Nineve. The
  count d'Estampes defeats them there.
  The men of Ghent attempt to destroy
  a dyke, to drown the country of Waes,
  but are again defeated by the count
  de St Pol                                               215


  CHAP. XXXIII.

  The battle of Rupelmonde, where the
  Ghent men are defeated by the duke of
  Burgundy                                                218


  CHAP. XXXIV.

  The Ghent men who had fled to Acre
  abandon the place: it is burnt by the
  duke of Burgundy. The king of France
  sends ambassadors to the duke in Flanders,
  to restore peace to that countrys                       221


  CHAP. XXXV.

  The cutler of Ghent is made prisoner in
  battle. The Ghent men are defeated.
  They are again defeated at Hulst and
  Moerbeke                                                224


  CHAP. XXXVI.

  The articles proposed by the ambassadors
  from France as the ground-work for a
  treaty of peace between the men of Ghent
  and their lord, but which are not agreed
  to by those in Ghent                                    230


  CHAP. XXXVII.

  The Ghent men recommence the war
  against their lord, and burn Hulst. A
  French herald escapes from Ghent                        234


  CHAP. XXXVIII.

  The duke of Burgundy raises a large army
  to combat the Ghent men, who burn
  Harlebeck, a large village near Courtray.
  Other events of this war                                238


  CHAP. XXXIX.

  The marshal of Burgundy burns the small
  town of Eckeloo. The Ghent men are
  defeated before Alost, which they intended
  to besiege                                              243


  CHAP. XL.

  Mention made of different encounters
  between the Picards and Ghent men.
  The latter attempt to set fire to some
  parts of Hainault. They are met by
  the Picards soon afterward                              246


  CHAP. XLI.

  The Ghent men send a deputation to the
  count d'Estampes, to mediate a peace.
  Immediately after they besiege Courtray,
  but without success. They are near taking
  prisoner the duchess of Burgundy, on her
  road to Bruges                                          249


  CHAP. XLII.

  Pierre Moreau makes another attack on
  Dendermonde. The Ghent men invade
  Hainault, and commit great ravages
  there                                                   254


  CHAP. XLIII.

  The Ghent men would have taken Alost
  by storm, had it not been well defended.
  The three estates of Flanders are urgent
  for peace                                               256


  CHAP. XLIV.

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