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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

The answer of the count de Charolois to
  the ambassadors from France. The king
  of France orders Crevecœur, near Cambray,
  to be taken possession of. The
  duke of Burgundy sends an embassy to
  the king of France. The death of the
  duke of Orleans                                           183


  CHAP. XXXII.

  The marriage of king Edward of England,
  and the alliance he wishes to form with
  France. The bastards of Burgundy return
  from their expedition. The duke
  of Burgundy dangerously ill. The family
  of Croy are dismissed from their
  places                                                    189


  CHAP. XXXIII.

  A copy of the letters which the count de
  Charolois sent to the nobles and principal
  towns under the dominion of the duke
  of Burgundy, to explain the reasons why
  he had dismissed the lord de Croy and
  his friends from his father's service                     197


  CHAP. XXXIV.

  The duke of Berry, only brother to the
  king of France, withdraws himself from
  the court of France, and takes refuge
  with the duke of Brittany. The count
  de Dammartin escapes from prison. Letters
  from the duke of Berry to the duke
  of Burgundy                                               208


  CHAP. XXXV.

  A correspondence takes place between the
  king of France and the duke of Bourbon.
  The king publishes other letters throughout
  his realm, and the count de Nevers
  issues proclamations in all the towns within
  his lieutenancy for the king of France                    216


  CHAP. XXXVI.

  The duke of Burgundy pardons his son.
  He orders a large body of men to be
  raised for the assistance of the duke of
  Berry against his brother the king of
  France. Other events that happened at
  that time                                                 223


  CHAP. XXXVII.

  The count de Charolois takes leave of the
  duke of Burgundy, and marches his army
  and artillery toward France. He crosses
  the river Somme, and subjects to his obedience
  the towns of Neelle, Roye, and
  Mondidier. He besieges Beaulieu, and
  crosses the Oise                                          231


  CHAP. XXXVIII.

  The count de Charolois passes the river
  Oise, advances to St Denis, and draws up
  his army in battle-array before Paris.
  The count de St Pol gains possession of
  the bridge of St Cloud, and crosses the
  Seine with his division of the count's
  army                                                      236


  CHAP. XXXIX.

  The king determines to combat the count
  de Charolois. A battle takes place below
  Montlehery. The event of it                               244


  CHAP. XL.

  The conduct of the count de Charolois after
  the victory he had gained over the king
  of France. The consequences of it in
  divers places                                             253


  CHAP. XLI.

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