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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 10 [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. 10 [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. 10 [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. X.

 LONDON:

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

 1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE TENTH VOLUME_.

                                                          PAGE

  CHAP. I.

  The king of France countermands his summons
  to the duke of Burgundy, forbids
  him to come to Montargis, and orders
  him to send thither three or four of his
  nobles to consult with the other peers of
  France. Slight mention made of the sentence
  passed on the duke of Alençon in
  the town of Vendôme, with the reservation
  of the king's approval                                      1

  CHAP. II.

  The king's sentence on the duke d'Alençon
  read in his presence while seated on his
  judgment-seat, by his chancellor                            6

  CHAP. III.

  The English make an inroad on the Boulonnois
  from Calais. The duke of Burgundy
  sends an embassy to the pope, and fortifies
  his towns against the English. Arthur
  of Brittany dies, and is succeeded in
  the dukedom by the count d'Estampes.
  Other events                                               10

  CHAP. IV.

  The king of France summons the twelve
  peers of France to the town of Montargis,
  to hear sentence passed on the duke
  d'Alençon. Of the death of pope Calixtus.
  The king transfers the court of justice
  from Montargis to Vendôme                                  13

  CHAP. V.

  The duke of Alençon is convicted, and condemned
  to death for having intended to
  deliver up his strong places to the English,
  the ancient enemies of France, and to introduce
  them into Normandy                                         15

  CHAP. VI.

  The ambassadors from England are denied
  access to the king of France. The duke
  of Cleves attends the meeting of princes
  at Mantua. The dauphiness brought to
  bed of a son at Genappe. The king of
  Scotland killed by a splinter from a bomb                  41

  CHAP. VII.

  Slight mention made of the rebellion and
  discord in England. Other incidents                        48

  CHAP. VIII.

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