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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 French, after the capture of Naples,
  make war on the Turks                                 77


  CHAP. XVI.

  The archduke makes his entry into Lyon.
  Another heretic                                       82


  CHAP. XVII.

  The cardinal of St Pietro ad vincula elected
  pope                                                  88


  CHAP. XVIII.

  The Sophi of Persia makes war on the Turk
  Usson Cassan                                          92


  CHAP. XIX.

  A great mortality from the unwholesomeness
  of the season. Of the deaths of
  many persons of note                                  97


  CHAP. XX.

  The deaths of the archduke and of the
  queen of Hungary                                     105


  CHAP. XXI.

  The pope, by the assistance of the French,
  gains Bologna                                        106


  CHAP. XXII.

  Of the damsel Trivulce                               108


  CHAP. XXIII.

  Of the league of Cambray, formed by the
  cardinal of Amboise, between the pope,
  the emperor Maximilian, the king of
  France, and the king of Spain, against
  the Venetians. The king of France defeats
  the Venetians at Agnadello                           112


  CHAP. XXIV.

  A war between Pope Julius and the king of
  France, on account of the duke of Ferrara.
  A council of the church assembled
  at the instance of the emperor Maximilian
  and the king of France, to the dissatisfaction
  of the pope. Bologna taken by
  the French                                           118


  CHAP. XXV.

  The duke of Nemours marches his army
  against Brescia. On taking the town, a
  great slaughter ensues                               124


  CHAP. XXVI.

  The duke of Nemours defeats the united
  armies of the pope, the Venetians, and
  the Spaniards, near to Ravenna, but is
  himself slain, after he had gained the
  victory, and totally repulsed the enemy              129


  CHAP. XXVII.

  On the departure of the French from Italy,
  the Swiss take the town of Milan and
  other places held by the king of France              138


  CHAP. XXVIII.

  Of the war in Guienne. The king of France
  sends succours to the king of Navarre.
  The king of England makes preparations
  to invade France. A sea fight between
  two large English and French ships                   143


  CHAP. XXIX.

  The king of England disembarks with his
  whole army at Calais. The French are
  defeated by the Swiss, at Novara                     147


  CHAP. XXX.

  A body of French on their return from
  victualling Therouenne, besieged by the
  English and Hainaulters, are attacked and
  put to flight                                        151


  CHAP. XXXI.

  The king of Scotland enters England with
  a powerful army. He is slain. Peace concluded
  between the king of France and
  the Venetians                                        154


  CHAP. XXXII.

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