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

Chapter 10: CHAP. V.
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.

CHAP. V.

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, BY ORDERS FROM THE KING OF FRANCE, GOES INTO BRITTANY, AND THE DUKE OF ORLEANS TO LUXEMBOURG.—A QUARREL ENSUES BETWEEN THEM.

This same year, the duke of Burgundy went to Brittany to take possession of it in the king’s name for the young duke. The country soon submitted to him, and he continued his journey to Nantes to visit the duchess-dowager, sister to the king of Navarre[26], who had entered into engagements speedily to marry Henry IV. of England.

The duke was her uncle, and treated with her successfully for the surrender of her dower lands to her children, on condition that she received annually a certain sum of money in compensation. When this had been concluded, and the duke had placed garrisons in the king’s name in some of the strong places of the country, he returned to Paris, carrying with him the young duke and his two brothers, who were graciously received by the king and queen.

The duke of Orleans had at this time gone to take possession of the duchy of Luxembourg[27], with the consent of the king of Bohemia, to whom it belonged, and with whom he had concluded some private agreement. Having placed his own garrisons in many of the towns and castles of this duchy, he returned to France,—when shortly after a great quarrel took place between the duke of Orleans and his uncle the duke of Burgundy; and it rose to such a height that each collected a numerous body of men at arms round Paris. At length, by the mediation of the queen and the dukes of Berry and Bourbon, peace was restored, and the men at arms were sent back to the places whence they had come.