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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 12 [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. 12 [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. 12 [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.

_H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London._

 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. XII.

 LONDON:

 PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
 AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.

 1810.

CONTENTS

OF

_THE TWELFTH VOLUME._

                                                       PAGE
  CHAP. I.

  The king of France enters the city of Naples
  in triumph. The attack and capture
  of the Castel Nuovo and the Castel del
  Ovo. Of the events that passed in Naples               1

  CHAP. II.

  King Charles makes his public entry into
  Naples, as king of that country and monarch
  of all Italy                                          15

  CHAP. III.

  King Charles makes dispositions to return
  to France, and takes leave of his subjects
  in Naples                                             18

  CHAP. IV.

  King Charles returns from Naples to France            19

  CHAP. V.

  The battle of Foronuovo, where the king
  of France gains a complete victory over
  the confederated princes of Italy                     24

  CHAP. VI.

  The king decamps from Foronuovo, to return
  to France                                             30

  CHAP. VII.

  The king of France goes to St Denis. He
  returns to Amboise, and there suddenly
  dies of a fit of apoplexy                             36

  CHAP. VIII.

  Of the funeral services performed for king
  Charles VIII, of France, at Amboise, Paris,
  and St Denis                                          39

  CHAP. IX.

  Of king Louis the Twelfth                             41

  CHAP. X.

  Duke Ludovico Sforza is made prisoner before
  Novara, and carried to France                         47

  CHAP. XI.

  The cardinal Ascanius, brother to the duke
  of Milan, is taken prisoner, and carried
  to France                                             51

  CHAP. XII.

  The inhabitants of Milan are bribed into
  subjection                                            53

  CHAP. XIII.

  The king of France sends troops to reconquer
  Naples, which in a short time is won,
  and Frederick, styling himself king thereof,
  comes to France                                       74

  CHAP. XIV.

  The cardinal of Amboise makes his public
  entry into Lyon, as legate to France                  76

  CHAP. XV.

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