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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 sends an army
  into Luxembourg against some Germans
  who, from Thionville, were wasting that
  country. The duke enters Flanders
  with a large force, to make war on
  Ghent                                                   259


  CHAP. XLV.

  The duke of Burgundy takes the castle
  of Poulcres, but that flower of chivalry
  sir James de Lalain is slain before it.
  He besieges the castle of Gavere, takes
  it, and hangs all within, before the
  Ghent men advance to offer him battle.
  They are defeated                                       262


  CHAP. XLVI.

  The battle of Gaveren, where the Ghent
  men are completely defeated, with the
  loss of upward of twenty thousand men
  slain and drowned                                       270


  CHAP. XLVII.

  The duke of Burgundy, moved by pity,
  sends his herald to Ghent to know if
  the townsmen would submit to his will
  and he would have compassion on them.
  The men of Ghent send him a deputation
  to beg his mercy                                        275


  CHAP. XLVIII.

  Here follow the articles of the treaty between
  Philip the good, and the town of
  Ghent                                                   278


  CHAP. XLIX.

  The manner in which the Ghent men
  humble themselves to their lord, the duke
  of Burgundy                                             283


  CHAP. L.

  While the duke of Burgundy is carrying
  on his warfare against the Ghent men,
  the lord de Croy is very active in opposing
  the Germans in the duchy of
  Luxembourg, where they had done much
  mischief                                                286


  CHAP. LI.

  King Charles of France conquers Bordeaux
  and the Bordelois a second
  time                                                    287


  CHAP. LII.

  Pope Nicholas notifies to the duke of
  Burgundy a croisade against the Turks.
  The duke vows to undertake an expedition
  to Turkey, on certain conditions                        289


  CHAP. LIII.

  Charles count de Charolois, son to the
  duke of Burgundy, is betrothed to his
  cousin-germain the lady Isabella of Bourbon.
  The duke goes into Germany, and
  soon after his return the count marries
  his cousin-german                                       295


  CHAP. LIV.

  The king of France goes to his castle of
  Lusignan. The earl of Shrewsbury takes
  Fronsac. The French besiege Chastillon.
  Lord Shrewsbury assembles a large
  force to raise this siege. He is there
  slain                                                   297


  CHAP. LV.

  After the reduction of Chastillon, the French
  take St Emilion and Libourne. The king
  joins his army before Bordeaux, in which
  were great numbers of English. That
  town surrenders on capitulation                         305


  CHAP. LVI.

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