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. IV.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.
1810.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FOURTH VOLUME.
| CHAP. I. | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
The chains are taken away from the streetsof Paris. The Parisians are kept in greatsubjection. Other royal edicts are proclaimed | 1 |
| CHAP. II. | |
The duke of Burgundy holds a grand conferencewith his nobles in Arras, whopromise to serve him against all his enemies | 15 |
| CHAP. III. | |
A grand council held, in the king's name atParis | 17 |
| CHAP. IV. | |
The duke of Acquitaine leaves Paris, and[Pg vi]joins the king of France at Senlis. Hemarches thence to lay siege to the town ofCompiegne | 22 |
| CHAP. V. | |
The king of France marches his army fromCompiegne to Soissons, which he besiegesand takes by storm: it is pillagedand destroyed | 26 |
| CHAP. VI. | |
The king, after the capture of Soissons,marches to St Quentin, and thence to Peronneto facilitate his entrance into Artois | 35 |
| CHAP. VII. | |
The duke of Burgundy places garrisons indifferent towns and castles. The kingof France marches his army from Peronneto besieg ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |