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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 duke of Burgundy borrows money to
  raise forces to retaliate on the Swiss for
  his late ill success. The arrival of the
  king of Sicily at Lyon, where the king of
  France then was. What passed between
  them. Of the seneschal of Normandy,
  who murdered his wife and his huntsman
  for adultery. The duke of Lorraine
  opposes the duke of Burgundy at Morat
  in Swisserland, and in the county of Romont.
  The king of France makes several
  pilgrimages. The duke of Lorraine
  recovers the town of Nancy. The king
  of Portugal arrives in France. Other
  events that took place in the year above
  mentioned                                              230


  CHAP. XXII.

  The duke of Milan is murdered. The total
  destruction of the Burgundian army,
  and death of the duke of Burgundy, by
  the victorious duke of Lorraine, before
  Nancy. The reduction of the countries
  and towns the duke of Burgundy had
  usurped from France, such as Arras,
  Hesdin, &c. Several beheaded in Arras,
  Cambray, and in other towns                            244


  CHAP. XXIII.

  The king summons his parliament from
  Paris to Noyon, to try the duke of Nemours.
  A forger executed at Paris. Of
  the victory of the lord de Craon over the
  prince of Orange. Of the death of the
  duke of Gueldres before Tournay. The
  duke of Nemours executed at Paris. A
  party of Flemings defeated. Several persons
  hanged at Paris, for having assassinated
  the son of the public executioner                      262


  CHAP. XXIV.

  The cardinal of St George is detained prisoner
  at Florence, where the archbishop
  of Pisa is strangled, and several others put
  to death, for having murdered Giuliano
  de Medici. Rhodes besieged by the Turks.
  Of St Symon and another that were crucified.
  Of a devout hermit, who lived
  fifteen years on the holy wafer. Of a
  monster, born in the town of Verona.
  Of a marvellous comet, and other extraordinary
  events                                                 272


  CHAP. XXV.

  The king on his return from Picardy, sets at
  liberty the prisoners in the Chastelet. Of
  the prince of Orange and sir Claude de
  Vaudray in the country of Burgundy.
  The statues of St Louis and St Charlemagne
  removed. The king has twelve
  great bombards made. Edward king of
  England causes his brother the duke of
  Clarence to be drowned in a butt of
  Malmsey. An accusation is laid against
  Daniel the servant to Olivier le Daim.
  On the return of the king from Picardy,
  great entertainments are given at Paris in
  the year MCCCCLXXVIII.                                 278


  CHAP. XXVI.

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