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 ... 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.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810 |
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... combat for life or death , in his town of Quesnoy , in which one of the champions is slain CHAP . XXIV . PAGE 124 The count de St Pol marches an army before the castle of Mercq , where the English from Calais meet and discomfit him CHAP ...
... combat for life or death , in his town of Quesnoy , in which one of the champions is slain CHAP . XXIV . PAGE 124 The count de St Pol marches an army before the castle of Mercq , where the English from Calais meet and discomfit him CHAP ...
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... axe , with the handle of such length as I shall fix on . The combat to be as follows : ten strokes with the battle axe , without intermission ; and when these strokes shall have been given , and the judge shall cry 13 CHAP. II. ...
... axe , with the handle of such length as I shall fix on . The combat to be as follows : ten strokes with the battle axe , without intermission ; and when these strokes shall have been given , and the judge shall cry 13 CHAP. II. ...
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... combat on foot shall be finished , we will mount our horses , each armed as he shall please , but with two similar helmets of iron , which I will provide , and my adversary shall have the choice : each shall have what sort of gorget he ...
... combat on foot shall be finished , we will mount our horses , each armed as he shall please , but with two similar helmets of iron , which I will provide , and my adversary shall have the choice : each shall have what sort of gorget he ...
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... combat , that you may be instantly informed of the willingness of my heart to comply with your request . I 6 pray Noble , honourable and valiant lord , the Author of all good to grant you joy , honour and pleasure , with every kind ...
... combat , that you may be instantly informed of the willingness of my heart to comply with your request . I 6 pray Noble , honourable and valiant lord , the Author of all good to grant you joy , honour and pleasure , with every kind ...
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... combat at arms described in your former letters , sealed with the seal of your arms ; and in consequence of the request made by me and by my friends to my sovereign lord and king , who has ordained the most excellent and puissant lord ...
... combat at arms described in your former letters , sealed with the seal of your arms ; and in consequence of the request made by me and by my friends to my sovereign lord and king , who has ordained the most excellent and puissant lord ...
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Absalon adversary alliance ambassadors answer army Arragon bishop blood Bourbon Brabant Brittany brother Calais Cambray castle caused CHAP Charles chronicle church combat command committed contrary council count de St count of Hainault crime daughter dauphin declared deeds of arms duchy duke of Bar duke of Berry duke of Burgundy duke of Orleans emperor enemy English Enguerrand de Monstrelet esquires false Flanders Hainault Henry high treason holy honour hôtel John duke John of Bavaria justice king of England king of France king of Sicily king Richard king's kingdom knights and esquires lady late duke late lord letters lord of Orleans Louis marched men at arms Monstrelet murder noble person Philip Pietro della Luna pope present princes put to death queen realm reason received returned royal seneschal sent sovereign lord St Pol thee town truth tyrant university of Paris Waleran
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192 ページ - France at an hotel which she had lately purchased from Montagu, grand master of the king's household, situated very near the Porte Barbette. She had lain in there of a child, which had died shortly after its birth, and had not then accomplished the days of her purification. " Seas, on his seeing the duke, said, by way of deceiving him, ' .My lord, the king sends for you, and you must instantly hasten to him; for he has business of great importance to you and him, which he must communicate to you.
288 ページ - ... by dint of money, bribed four persons, an apostate monk, a knight, an esquire, and a varlet, to whom he gave his own sword, his dagger, and a ring, for them to consecrate to, or more properly speaking, to make use of, in the name of the devil,
xxviii ページ - Monstrelet are real history, wherein, notwithstanding its imperfections and omissions, are found all the characteristics of historical writing. He traces events to their source, develops the causes, and traces them with the minutest details ; and what renders these chronicles infinitely precious is, his never-failing attention to report all edicts, declarations, summonses, letters, negotiations, treaties, &c. as justificatory proofs of the truth of the facts he relates. " After the example of Froissart,...
xxviii ページ - His work is called Chronicles ; but we must not, however, consider this title in the sense commonly attached to it, which merely conveys the idea of simple annals. The Chronicles of Monstrelet are real history, wherein, notwithstanding its imperfections and omissions, are found all the characteristics of historical writing. He traces events to their source, develops the causes, and traces them with the minutest details; and what...
100 ページ - ... and turn half round. The others made a gallant fight with their opponents, but Sir James de Montenay, throwing down his battle-axe, seized Sir James de Monstarde with one of his hands under his legs, and, raising him up with his dagger in the other, was prepared to stab him ; but, as the affair on all sides seemed to be carried on in earnest, the king put an end to the combat. According to appearances, the Arragonians would have had the worst of it had the combat been carried to extremities,...
206 ページ - We shall say more hereafter respecting these princes, and of the .fortunes that befel them. On the 10th day of December, the duchess of Orleans, widow to the late duke, with her youngest son John, and accompanied by the late queen of England, now wife to her eldest son, set out for Paris. The king of Sicily, the dukes of Berry and Bourbon, the counts of Clermont and...
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