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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 towns of Therouenne and Tournay surrender
  to the English on capitulation                       156


  CHAP. XXXIII.

  Of the death and interment of the most
  Christian queen of France, Anne of Brittany          161


  CHAP. XXXIV.

  The king of France marries the princess
  Mary, sister to king Henry of England.
  Francis duke of Valois and count of Angoulesme
  marries the princess Claude,
  daughter to the king of France. The
  new queen makes her public entry into
  France                                               162


  CHAP. XXXV.

  Of the tilts performed at Paris. The death
  and interment of Louis XI. king of
  France                                               168


  CHAP. XXXVI.

  Francis I. king of France, is consecrated at
  Rheims. He makes his public entry into
  Paris. He leaves France to attack the
  Swiss, in the Milanese, who have taken
  possession of that duchy                             171


  CHAP. XXXVII.

  The king of France pursues the Swiss with
  his whole army. The town and castle of
  Novara surrender to the king                         179


  CHAP. XXXVIII.

  The king of France defeats the Swiss army
  at Marignano, on the feast day of the exaltation
  of the cross. Of the cruel battle
  and slaughter of the French and Swiss                182


  CHAP. XXXIX.

  Milan surrenders to the king of France.
  The castle, besieged by the French, surrenders
  on capitulation                                      191


  CHAP. XL.

  Pope Leo X. and the king of France meet
  at Bologna, to confer on the state of affairs.
  The king returns to France                           194


  CHAP. XLI.

  The emperor Maximilian assembles a large
  army, to attempt the conquest of the
  Milanese, and to drive the French out of
  Italy. The constable of Bourbon, lieutenant-general
  for the king in Italy, marches
  against him                                          198


  CHAP. XLII.

  The emperor Maximilian, finding that he
  could not succeed in his attempt on Milan,
  marches away                                         202


  CHAP. XLIII.

  The king of France goes on a pilgrimage to
  the church of the Holy Handkerchief in
  Chambery. A treaty of peace concluded
  between him and the archduke king of
  Spain                                                204




 HERE BEGINNETH
 THE TWELFTH VOLUME
 OF THE
 CHRONICLES
 OF
 _ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET._




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.


On Sunday, the 22d day of February, in the year 1494, king Charles
dressed himself in his royal robes, and triumphantly entered the city
of Naples. Although he afterwards made another entry, as shall be more
fully detailed, he, however, showed himself this day the true king and
potent lord of Naples, and went thence to the castle of Capua.

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