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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 king appoints the count of Dammartin
  grand master of his household. He goes
  with the queen to Rouen, where he had
  appointed the earl of Warwick to meet
  him. The death of duke Philip of Burgundy.
  The king goes to Chartres, whither
  he summons some of the Parisians,
  and commands them to have banners
  made according to the different professions
  and trades. A monk is murdered
  in the temple. The queen most honourably
  received in Paris                                       31


  CHAP. VI.

  The king orders the banners of Paris to be
  mustered. Of the war with Liege. Of
  the Pragmatic, which a legate from the
  pope and Balue attempt to abolish. The
  king pardons the duke of Alençon and
  the lord du Lau. The count de Saint Pol
  concludes a truce between the king and
  the duke of Burgundy, without including
  the Liegeois. Other events that happened
  in the year MCCCCLXVII.                                 42


  CHAP. VII.

  The king sends commissaries to review the
  Parisian banners, officers as well as men.
  The king's army marches between Mans
  and Alençon, to oppose that of the Bretons.
  The duke of Burgundy collects a
  large army at Saint Quentin. The three
  estates of France assemble at Tours in
  MCCCCLXVII.                                             56


  CHAP. VIII.

  Tournaments at Paris and at Bruges. The
  king goes to Meaux. The prince of Piedmont
  comes to Paris. The lord du Lau
  escapes from his confinement in the castle
  of Usson, which causes many to lose their
  heads. The Bretons and Burgundians
  take Merville. Charles de Melun beheaded.
  The substance of what passed
  between the king and the dukes of Berry
  and Brittany. Peace concluded with
  the duke of Burgundy, in the year
  MCCCCLXVIII.                                            64


  CHAP. IX.

  The king of France goes to Nôtre Dame of
  Halle. The town of Liege destroyed.
  The king ratifies at Paris his treaty with
  the duke of Burgundy. He has all the
  game round Paris taken alive, to send to
  the count de Foix, as a token of friendship.
  A great inundation in Holland and
  Zealand. A prisoner in the Chastelet for
  theft informs against his companions, who
  are all hung. MCCCCLXVIII.                              76


  CHAP. X.

  The treason of the cardinal of Angers, who,
  in consequence, is imprisoned. The king
  of Sicily and his queen wait on the king.
  Peace made between the king and his
  brother, now duke of Guienne, who
  comes to Montils-les-Tours. An alliance
  between France and Spain. The duke
  of Brittany refuses to wear the king's
  order. The ban and rear ban summoned
  to oppose king Edward of England.--Other
  events that happened in the year
  MCCCCLXIX.                                              86


  CHAP. XI.

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