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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 countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de

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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

Edward earl of Marche, eldest son to the
  late duke of York, defeats in battle queen
  Margaret of England and obtains the
  crown by means of the Londoners. The
  queen seeks aid from the Scots                             53


  CHAP. IX.

  King Charles of France, having been told
  that it was intended to poison him, fell
  sick at heart and died                                     60


  CHAP. X.

  Twelve houses are burnt in the village of
  Juchy, near Cambray. The duke of Burgundy
  holds the feast of the Golden
  Fleece, at St Omer. The dauphiness
  brought to bed of a princess, at Genappe.
  Ambassadors from the Holy Land come to
  the court of France, and thence to the
  court of Burgundy                                          62


  CHAP. XI.

  Of the death of Charles VII. king of
  France. Of the troubles and difficulties
  he had to encounter at the commencement
  of his reign, and of his glorious and great
  feats of arms                                              67


  CHAP. XII.

  The dauphin and the duke of Burgundy
  make preparations to go to Rheims, for
  the coronation of the dauphin. Of the
  interment of the late king Charles. The
  coronation of king Louis XI. at Rheims.
  Other matters                                              70


  CHAP. XIII.

  King Louis XI. makes his public entry into
  Paris. The handsome reception he meets
  with. The great magnificence of the
  duke of Burgundy and his attendants                        77


  CHAP. XIV.

  The king and the duke of Burgundy take
  leave of each other, and depart from Paris.
  Events that happened in divers parts                       85


  CHAP. XV.

  The count de Charolois waits on the king
  of France at Tours, where he is magnificently
  entertained. He loses himself
  while at the chase. He returns to Artois
  through Normandy, of which the king
  had made him his lieutenant                                90


  CHAP. XVI.

  Duke Philip of Burgundy dangerously ill,
  but recovers. Other matters which happened
  at this period                                             96


  CHAP. XVII.

  A more particular account of the funeral
  services performed at Paris and St Denis,
  on the death of king Charles VII. of
  France                                                     99


  CHAP. XVIII.

  The disgraceful death of John Coustain,
  master of the wardrobe to duke Philip of
  Burgundy. The cause of it. The death
  of his accuser                                            107


  CHAP. XIX.

  The duke of Burgundy causes a number of
  rogues and vagabonds to be executed in
  his country of Artois. The death of the
  abbot of St Vaast at Arras. Other events.
  Taunting replies made by the lord de Chimay
  to the king of France.                                    113


  CHAP. XX.

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