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Chapter 1: THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.
By Enguerrand de Monstrelet
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A chronological, chaptered narrative records turbulent medieval politics and warfare, detailing civil strife between rival noble factions, episodes of foreign occupation and their reversal, diplomatic negotiations, sieges and battles, naval actions, tournaments, and public ceremonies. The text assembles proclamations, challenges and deeds of arms, ecclesiastical and administrative notices, and concise biographical sketches, frequently with close attention to regional actors and military detail. Its episodic, documentary approach emphasizes shifting allegiances, legal actions, and the interplay of martial and courtly life, offering a continuous historical account of political events and social practices across the period it covers.

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Title: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13]

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: Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Translator: Thomas Johnes

Release date: January 4, 2016 [eBook #50839]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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THE
 
CHRONICLES
 
OF
 
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET.

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. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND J. WHITE AND CO. FLEET-STREET.
1810.