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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 11 [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. 11 [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. 11 [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.




  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. XI.

  LONDON:
  PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATER-NOSTER-ROW;
  AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.

  1810.




CONTENTS

OF

_THE ELEVENTH VOLUME_.


  PAGE

  CHAP. I.

  The king thanks the Parisians for their loyalty
  and courage, confirms their privileges,
  and offers them new ones. He restores
  sir Robert d'Estouteville to the provostship
  of Paris. He displaces some and appoints
  others to fill their offices, and then
  goes to Orleans. Charles, the king's brother,
  is received by the Normans as their
  duke. The king goes into Normandy.
  Other events                                             1


  CHAP. II.

  The king of France recovers the duchy of
  Normandy from his brother, Charles duke
  of Berry. The lord d'Esternay is drowned,
  and several officers in Normandy are
  executed or banished. The duke of Berry
  leaves Normandy, and sir John de Lorraine,
  thinking to follow him, is made
  prisoner and carried to the king                        11


  CHAP. III.

  The king of France sets out from Rouen to
  Orleans. He sends ambassadors to England.
  Several malefactors are executed
  at Paris. The divorce of sir William Colombel
  from his wife. The lord du Lau
  is made prisoner. The king publishes an
  edict at Paris against the English. A
  truce concluded between the French and
  English. Many persons lose their senses
  at Paris, at the bean-flowering season                  17


  CHAP. IV.

  The king sends commissioners to make reforms
  at Paris. Their pages and the
  clerks of the palace quarrel. A murderous
  war between the Liegeois and the
  duke of Burgundy. A great mortality in
  Paris and its environs. The king appoints
  certain lords for the guard and defence of
  his realm. Events that happened at Paris
  in this year MCCCCLXVI.                                 24


  CHAP. V.

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