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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 — John Shaqi

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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 grand Turk besieges Constantinople
  and batters the city with heavy artillery.
  It is taken by storm. The cruelties committed
  there. A remedy proposed to resist
  the Turk                                                314


  CHAP. LVII.

  The Turk sends letters to the pope, who,
  in consequence, wishes to form a croisade
  against him. Le Blanc, knight-marshal
  of Hungary, defeats the Turks near the
  port of Sambrine                                        335


  CHAP. LVIII.

  Judgement given against Jacques Coeur
  and the damsel of Mortaigne. Master
  William Edelin, doctor of divinity, is
  publicly reprimanded at Evreux                          341


  CHAP. LIX.

  The king of France sends an embassy
  to the king of Spain. He builds two
  castles at Bordeaux to keep the inhabitants
  in subjection. The duke of
  York imprisons the dukes of Somerset
  and Glocester. Other events                             347


  CHAP. LX.

  The marriage of the count de Charolois
  with the lady Isabella of Bourbon. The
  duke of Burgundy returns from Germany,
  and is most honourably received in the
  towns of Lille and Arras                                351


  CHAP. LXI.

  The duke of Burgundy lays heavy taxes
  on his estates, to defray his expedition
  against the Turks                                       353


  CHAP. LXII.

  The bishop of Utrecht dies. The duke
  of Burgundy goes to Holland to procure
  the election to the bishoprick for his
  bastard son David, then bishop of Therouenne            355


  CHAP. LXIII.

  The count de Clermont, the lord de Lohéac
  marshal of France, and other captains,
  arrest the count d'Armagnac, and
  deliver him up to the king. They put
  the archbishop of Auch in possession of
  his archbishopric. Other events                         357


  CHAP. LXIV.

  The king of France is discontented with
  the dauphin, for going to the duke of
  Burgundy without his consent. Pope
  Calixtus makes regulations respecting
  the croisade against the Turks                          360


  CHAP. LXV.

  The duke of Burgundy, with a large
  army, escorts his bastard son into Holland,
  and puts him in peaceable possession
  of the bishoprick of Utrecht. He besieges
  Deventer, and forces its inhabitants
  to obey the new bishop, which they had
  before refused                                          372


  CHAP. LXVI.

  The duke of Alençon is arrested and thrown
  into prison. The Turks are miraculously
  defeated in Hungary. Other events that
  happened in this year of MCCCCLVI                       376


  CHAP. LXVII.

  The Dauphin of France takes refuge with
  duke Philip of Burgundy. Other events
  that happened in this year                              381


  CHAP. LXVIII.

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