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.

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810
 

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Pàgina 230 - O animate and inflame the hearts of such noble men as may be desirous of seeing the world, and by the order and command of the most high, most powerful, and my most redoubted lord, Philippe, by the grace of God, duke of Burgundy, Lorraine, Brabant and Limbourg...
Pàgina 214 - ... place his hands on his knees, or on the ground, — subject, however, in all cases, to the decisions of the judge of the field. These proposals having been for some time agreed to by the two knights, on Thursday morning, about ten o'clock, the Spanish knight appeared in the lists, attended by four others, whom the duke of Burgundy had ordered to accompany him, — namely, the lord de. 1'Or, governor of the Rethelois, the lord de Ligny, the lord de Saveuses, and the lord de Sainzelles, with four...
Pàgina 7 - ... knights and esquires, and raised a banner, on which, through excess of pride and presumption, she demanded to bear the noble and excellent arms of France, which in part she obtained. These she displayed at many conflicts and sieges ; and they consisted of a shield having two flower de luces, or, ou a field azure, with a pointed sword surmounted with a crown proper.
Pàgina 9 - ... said Joan so fast bound, that no arguments nor exhortations could soften the hardness of her heart; so that she boasted that all which she had done was meritorious, and that it had been done by the command of God, and the aforesaid holy virgins, who had personally appeared to her. But what was worse, she refused to acknowledge any power on earth but God and his saints, denying the authority of our holy father the pope, and of the general councils of the universal church militant. " The ecclesiastical...
Pàgina 37 - ... shorter Oraison a Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ completes the volume. The second volume yields four so-called "comedies," but really mysteries on the old mediaeval model, only distinguishable from their forerunners by slightly more modern language and a more scriptural tone. The subjects are the Nativity, the Adoration of the Three Kings, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the Flight into Egypt. The third volume contains a third poem in the style of the Miroir, but much superior, Le Triomphe de...
Pàgina 175 - ... entrance into the council, he arrested attention by his speech on the origin of the Goths from Scandinavia; a speech which showed the right of Nicholas, as envoy of the Gothic kings, to take the first place among the legates of princes. He was afterward sent, by a commission of the council, to establish a peace between the king of France and the duke of Burgundy. In the year 1438 he was elected, and at Basle confirmed and consecrated, as archbishop of Upsala ; with firmness contended for the...
Pàgina 9 - To recaí her to the universal faith of our holy church, to purge her from her pernicious errors, and to save her soul from perpetual damnation, and to induce her to return to the way of truth, she was long and frequently charitably preached to ; but that dangerous and obstinate spirit of pride and presumption, which is always endeavouring to prevent the unity and safety of Christians, held the said Joan so fast bound that no arguments nor exhortations could soften the hardness of her heart, so that...
Pàgina 267 - ... great lords of his party, who, with others of the duke's alliance, swore to be on friendship with king Charles and with his allies. In the number was the lord de Launoy, who said aloud, " Here I am who have heretofore taken oaths for the preservation of peace five times during this war, not one of which has been observed, — but I now make promise to God, that this shall be kept on my part, and that I will not in any degree infringe it.
Pàgina 107 - ... lords went from the one to the other to . endeavour to settle this matter of ceremony, but in vain. At length, the cardinal waited on the duke of Burgundy, and, drawing him aside, said in an amicable manner, ' How is this, fair nephew, that you refuse to compliment a prince who is son and brother to a king, by calling on him, when he has taken so much trouble to meet you in one of your own towns, and that you will neither visit nor speak to him?
Pàgina 6 - ... victories ; by the which means she did turn the hearts of many men and women from the truth and verity, and converted them to lies and errors. Besides this, she usurped a coat of arms, and displayed a standard ; which things be appertaining only to knights and squires. And, of a great outrage and more pride and presumption, she demanded to bear the noble and excellent arms of France, which she in part obtained ; the which she bare in many skirmishes and assaults, and her brethren also, (as men...

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