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The true chronicles of Jean Le Bel, 1290-1360 /
"The chronicles of Jean le Bel, written around 1357-60, are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. They were only rediscovered and published at the beginning of the twentieth century, though Froissart begins his much more famous work by acknowledging...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Middle French |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. :
Boydell Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Jean le Bel's Chronicle; Prologue; Edward III's Accession
- 1. The genealogy of the noble King Edward, and how he was driven out of England
- 2. How Sir John of Hainault took the Queen of England and her eldest son back to England
- 3. How the Earl of Arundel and Hugh Despenser the Elder were captured and executed
- 4. How the king and Lord Hugh the Younger were captured and Lord Hugh sentenced to a foul death
- 5. How the king was condemned and deprived of his crown and the government of the realm
- 6. How King Edward was crowned King of England at the age of sixteen; The Campaign in the Borders 1327
- 7. How King Robert of Scotland defied the young King Edward and began to ravage England
- 8. How the Hainaulter pages came into conflict with the English archers
- 9. How the king and all his army left the city of York to march against the Scots
- 10. The nature of the Scots and their methods in war
- 11. How the King of England pursued the Scots who were burning and laying waste his land
- 12. How the English searched for the Scots and didn't know where they were
- 13. How young King Edward laid siege to the Scots, who were burning and laying waste his land, on a mountain
- 14. How the noble King Edward was married to the daughter of the Count of Hainault; 'The Black Douglas'
- 15. How the good King Robert of Scotland entrusted Sir James Douglas with carrying his heart to the Holy Sepulchre
- 16. How Sir James Douglas set out on his journey from Scotland; The Claims to the French Crown
- 17. How King Charles of France died and Lord Philip of Valois, by common accord, was crowned King of France
- 18. How King Philip of France defeated the Flemings at the hill of Cassel
- 19. How Lord Robert of Artois was forced into exile from France
- 20. How King Edward ordered the executions of his uncle the Earl of Kent and Lord Mortimer; War with Scotland
- 21. How young King Edward resumed war against the young King David of Scotland, his brother-in-law
- 22. How King Edward invaded Scotland and burned and laid waste the land and captured cities and castles
- 23. How the noble King Edward laid siege to the good city of Berwick
- 24. How the young Count of Namur and his brother crossed the sea to England and were captured; The War with France begins
- 25. How the noble King Edward sent the Bishop of Lincoln to the Count of Hainault to discuss war with France
- 26. How a man named Jacob van Artevelde held sway in Flanders
- 27. How these English lords went to Flanders to secure the aid of the Flemings and especially of Jacob van Artevelde
- 27. How the King of England crossed the sea and landed at Antwerp, trusting in the promises made to his ambassadors by a number of lords.