Chapters (478)
- THE BOY’S FROISSART BEING SIR JOHN FROISSART’S CHRONICLES
- INTRODUCTION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, &c.
- BOOK I.[2] CHAPTER I. The Occasion of the Wars between the Kings of France and England.
- CHAPTER II. How Earl Thomas of Lancaster, and Twenty-two of the greatest Nobles in England, were beheaded.
- CHAPTER III. The Queen of England goes to complain of Sir Hugh Spencer to her Brother, the King of France.
- CHAPTER IV. Sir Hugh Spencer causes the Queen Isabella to be sent out of France.
- CHAPTER V. The Queen Isabella leaves France, and goes to Germany.
- CHAPTER VI. Queen Isabella arrives in England with Sir John de Hainault.
- CHAPTER VII. The Queen of England besieges her Husband in the City of Bristol.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX. The Coronation of King Edward the Third.
- CHAPTER X. Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, defies King Edward.
- CHAPTER XI. A Dissension between the Archers of England and the Hainaulters.
- CHAPTER XII. How the Fight between the Archers and the Hainaulters ended.
- CHAPTER XIII. How the King and his Army marched to Durham.
- CHAPTER XIV. Of the Manners of the Scots, and how they carry on War.
- CHAPTER XV. King Edward’s First Expedition against the Scots.
- CHAPTER XVI. King Edward marries the Lady Philippa of Hainault.
- CHAPTER XVII. Douglas is killed fighting for the Heart of King Robert.
- CHAPTER XVIII. Philip of Valois crowned King of France.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX. King Edward and his Allies send Challenges to the King of France.
- CHAPTER XXI. King Edward creates Sir Henry of Flanders a Knight, and afterwards marches into Picardy.
- CHAPTER XXII. The Two Kings retire from Vironfosse without giving Battle.
- CHAPTER XXIII. The Sea-Fight between the King of England and the French, Before Sluys.
- CHAPTER XXIV. The King of England besieges the City of Tournay with a Powerful Army.
- CHAPTER XXV. The Scots recover Great Part of their Country during the Siege of Tournay.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Sir William de Bailleul and Sir Vauflart de la Croix make an Excursion to Pont-à-Tressin.
- CHAPTER XXVII. The Earl of Hainault attacks the Fortress of Mortagne in Various Manners.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. The Earl of Hainault takes the Town of St. Amand during the Siege of Tournay.
- CHAPTER XXIX. Sir Charles de Montmorency, and many others of the French, captured at Pont-à-Tressin.
- CHAPTER XXX. The Siege of Tournay raised by Means of a Truce.
- CHAPTER XXXI. King Edward institutes the Order of St. George, at Windsor.
- CHAPTER XXXII. The King of England sets at Liberty Sir Hervé de Léon.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. The King of England sends the Earl of Derby to make War in Gascony.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. The Earl of Derby conquers Bergerac.
- CHAPTER XXXV. The Count de Lisle, Lieutenant for the King of France, in Gascony, lays Siege to the Castle of Auberoche.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. The Earl of Derby makes the Count of Lisle and nine more Counts and Viscounts Prisoners before Auberoche.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. The Earl of Derby takes Different Towns in Gascony, in his Road toward La Réole.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Earl of Derby lays Siege to La Réole, which surrenders to him.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. Sir Walter Manny finds in La Réole the Sepulchre of his Father.
- CHAPTER XL. The Earl of Derby conquers the Castle of La Réole.
- CHAPTER XLI. The Earl of Derby takes Castel Moron, and afterwards Villefranche, in Perigord.
- CHAPTER XLII. Jacob von Artaveld is murdered at Ghent.
- CHAPTER XLIII. Sir John of Hainault quits the Alliance of England for that of France.
- CHAPTER XLIV. The Duke of Normandy marches with a great Army into Gascony, against the Earl of Derby.
- CHAPTER XLV. Sir John Norwich escapes from Angoulême, when that Town surrenders to the French.
- CHAPTER XLVI. The Duke of Normandy lays Siege to Aiguillon with a hundred thousand Men.
- CHAPTER XLVII. The King of England marches into Normandy with his Army in three Battalions.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. The King of France collects a large Force to oppose the King of England.
- CHAPTER XLIX. The Battle of Caen.—The English take the Town.
- CHAPTER L.
- CHAPTER LI. The King of France pursues the King of England, in the Country of Beauvais.
- CHAPTER LII. The Battle of Blanchetaque, between the King of England and Sir Godémar du Fay.
- CHAPTER LIII. The Order of Battle of the English at Crecy, who were drawn up in three Battalions on Foot.
- CHAPTER LIV. The Order of the French Army at Crecy.
- CHAPTER LV. The Battle of Crecy, between the Kings of France and of England.
- CHAPTER LVI. The English on the Morrow again defeat the French.
- CHAPTER LVII. The English number the Dead slain at the Battle of Crecy.
- CHAPTER LVIII. The King of England lays Siege to Calais.—The Poorer Sort of the Inhabitants are sent out of it.
- CHAPTER LIX. The Duke of Normandy raises the Siege of Aiguillon.
- CHAPTER LX. Sir Walter Manny, by Means of a Passport, rides through France from Aiguillon to Calais.
- CHAPTER LXI. The King of Scotland, during the Siege of Calais, invades England.
- CHAPTER LXII. The Battle of Neville’s Cross.
- CHAPTER LXIII. John Copeland takes the King of Scotland Prisoner, and receives great Advantages From it.
- CHAPTER LXIV.
- CHAPTER LXV. The King of England prevents the Approach of the French Army to raise the Siege of Calais, and the Town surrenders.
- CHAPTER LXVI. The King of England re-peoples Calais.
- CHAPTER LXVII. A Robber of the Name of Bacon does much Mischief in Languedoc, and a Page of the Name of Croquart turns Robber.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. Sir Aymery de Pavie plots with Sir Geoffry de Chargny to sell the Town of Calais.
- CHAPTER LXIX.
- CHAPTER LXX. The King of England presents a Chaplet of Pearls to Sir Eustace de Ribeaumont.
- CHAPTER LXXI. The Sea-Fight off Sluys. (From the Manuscript in the Hafod Library.)
- CHAPTER LXXII. The Death of KIng Philip, and Coronation of his Son King John.
- CHAPTER LXXIII.
- CHAPTER LXXIV. The Prince of Wales takes the Castle of Romorantin.
- CHAPTER LXXV. The King of France leads a great Army to the Battle of Poitiers.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. The Disposition of the French before the Battle of Poitiers.
- CHAPTER LXXVII.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. Two Frenchmen, running away from the Battle of Poitiers, are pursued by two Englishmen, who are themselves made Prisoners.
- CHAPTER LXXX. The Manner in which King John was taken Prisoner at the Battle of Poitiers.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. The Prince of Wales makes a Handsome Present to the Lord James Audley, after the Battle of Poitiers.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. The Prince of Wales entertains the King of France at Supper, the Evening after the Battle.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. The Prince of Wales returns to Bordeaux, after the Battle of Poitiers.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. The Prince of Wales conducts the King of France from Bordeaux to England.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. The Archpriest assembles a Company of Men at Arms.—He is much honored at Avignon.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. A Welshman, of the Name of Ruffin, commands a Troop of the free Companies.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. The Provost of the Merchants of Paris kills three Knights in the Apartment of the Prince.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. The Commencement of the infamous Jacquerie of Beauvoisis.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. The Battle of Meaux in Brie, where the Villains are discomfited by the Earl of Foix and the Captal of Buch.
- BOOK II.[29] CHAPTER I. Coronation of King Charles of France.
- CHAPTER II. A Combat between an English and a French Squire.
- CHAPTER III. The Populace of England rebel against the Nobility.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAUCER’S BALLADE SENT TO KING RICHARD.
- CHAPTER VI. The Earl of Flanders again lays Siege to Ghent.
- CHAPTER VII. The Earl of Flanders sends a Harsh Answer to those who wished to mediate a Peace between him and Ghent.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X. Bruges is taken by the Ghent Army.—The Earl of Flanders saves himself in the House of a poor Woman.
- CHAPTER XI. The Earl of Flanders quits Bruges, and returns to Lille, whither some of his People had already retreated.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII. Charles the Sixth, King of France, from a Dream, chooses a flying Hart for his Device.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI. The Order of the French Army in its March to Flanders, after they had heard the Bridges were broken and guarded.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A Small Body of French, having crossed the Lis, draw up in Battle-Array before the Flemings.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- BOOK III.[31] CHAPTER I. Froissart sets out on Journey to Béarn, to seek Admission to the Household of the Count de Foix.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV. Sir John Froissart arrives at Orthès.—An old Squire relates to him the cruel Death of the only Son of the Count of Foix.
- BOOK IV.[34] CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI. The Siege of Africa is raised.—The Cause of it.—The Knights and Squires return to their own Countries.
- CHAPTER VII.[36] Death and Burial of King Richard II.
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