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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 deaths of the lady Jane of France,
  duchess of Bourbon, and of the countess
  of Flanders, and also of several persons
  at Paris. Events that happened there.
  The king returns from his pilgrimage to
  St Claude, to Nôtre Dame of Clery, and
  to other places. Ambassadors arrive from
  Flanders. Of the capture of the town of
  Aire. Of the assassination of the lord
  Louis of Bourbon, bishop of Liege. Other
  events that happened in the course of the
  above year                                             332


  CHAP. XXXII.

  The king's illness continuing, he comes
  from Tours to Amboise, to recommend
  to his son Olivier le Daim. Of the marriage
  of the dauphin with the countess
  Margaret of Flanders. A peace concluded
  between the kings of England and Scotland,
  which includes the good duke of
  Albany. The king recommends his health
  to the devotions of the monks of the
  church of St Denis                                     340


  CHAP. XXXIII.

  The lord and lady de Beaujeu, and others,
  come to Paris, to receive the dauphiness.
  The death of king Edward of England.
  The death of the lady Margaret of Bourbon
  countess of Bresse. The entry of
  the dauphiness into Paris, and her reception
  there. The steeple of the church of
  Sainte Genevieve burnt. The marriage
  of the dauphin and dauphiness                          348


  CHAP. XXXIV.

  The holy ampulla is brought from the
  church of Saint Remy at Rheims to the
  king of France, when dangerously ill, at
  Plessis-le-Parc. The devout death of
  Louis XI. He is buried in the church
  of our Lady at Clery. May God pardon
  his soul                                               352


  CHAP. XXXV.

  The great chronicles of the most Christian,
  magnanimous, and victorious king of
  France; Charles VIII. collected and put
  together by me, Pierre Desrey, simple
  orator of Troyes in Champagne                          356


  CHAP. XXXVI.

  King Charles VIII. crowned at Rheims. He
  afterwards visits several towns in France.
  He makes his entry into Paris. Master
  Olivier le Daim and his servant Daniel
  executed there. John de Doyac has his
  ears cut off, and his tongue bored with a
  hot iron                                               359


  CHAP. XXXVII.

  The death of pope Sixtus IV. He is succeeded
  by pope Innocent VIII. Of the
  victorious war of king Charles in Brittany.
  He marries the princess Anne
  daughter to the noble duke Francis of
  Brittany. Other events                                 365


  CHAP. XXXVIII.

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