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The chronicles of Sir John Froissart condensed for young readers
The chronicles of Sir John Froissart condensed for young readers Author:Jean Froissart Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: icles, and it seems as if he were speaking to us, so fresh and vivid are his stories. It is as if one of our own friends had returned from the war in Cuba or... more » in the Philippines, and was telling us his adventures just as they happened day by day. We shall be fortunate to have a friend as sincere, as loyal, as candid, as charming as Sir John. "??? Hundred Years' War" Between France And England Edward III was crowned King of England and Lord of Ireland in A. D. 1327. He was also, by inheritance, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Guienne, and Earl of Ponthieu f in France. He was a vassal of the French King as Duke of Aquitaine, just as the Duke of Normandy, the king's own son and heir, was a vassal. If you will look at the map, you will see how the English King's possessions stood in 1360 after he had won more lands in France by the campaigns of Oressy (1346) and Poitiers (1356). King Edward claimed the crown of France as his own, because his mother, Queen Isabel of England, was the sister of Louis X, Philip Y, and Charles IV, three brothers, all kings of France. They all died while she was yet alive ; and no one of them left a son ; so Edward III of England, her son, claimed to be King of France by her right. There was not the slightest justice in his claim. Pronounced ge-en'. f Pronounced pôn-tyé'. Each of the three kings, her brothers, had left a daughter ; and if any woman could have rights to the crown, the claims of these daughters were stronger than the claim of Queen Isabel. But King Edward felt powerful enough to make successful war on France, and he did so. The English nation supported him. The glorious victories of Cressy and Poitiers encouraged the English and dazzled their imaginations. The possession of Calais was a great advantage to them also. Bordeaux,...« less