History of Charles Xii Author:Jean Froissart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1901 Original Publisher: Colonial Press Subjects: Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 France Great Britain Sweden Flanders Burgundy (France) Europe History / Europe / General History / Europe / France History / Europe / Great Britain History / Medieval ... more »History / Europe / Scandinavia Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV War in Spain Between Don Pedro, King of Castille, and His Natural Brother Henry -- Success of Don Henry -- Perilous Situation of Don Pedro -- The Prince of Wales Determines to Assist Don Pedro -- His Promises in the Event of His Being Restored to His Kingdom -- The French Under Sir Bertrand du Guesclin Assist Don Henry -- More Information Respecting the Free Companies -- Sir Perducas d'AJbret -- Preparations on the Part of the Prince of Wales for the Spanish Expedition -- His Letter to the Lord d'Albret, and the Reply -- Birth of Prince Richard, Afterwards Richard II -- The Duke of Lancaster Arrives from England to Assist the Prince -- Preparations for Battle -- Battle of Navarretta -- Don Pedro Acknowledged King of Castille -- Escape of Don Henry -- Shameful Conduct Toward the Prince on the Part of Don Pedro -- Shrewd Scheme of Sir Bertrand du Guesclin, Who Had Been Taken Prisoner, in Order to Obtain His Liberty -- Tax Called Fouage Imposed by the Prince upon Aqui- taine -- Don Henry Again Contests the Kingdom with His Brother- Tragical End of Don Pedro. THERE was in these times a King of Castille, by name Don Pedro, whose mind, full of strange opinions, rebelled against all the regulations and commands of the Church. This man wanted to subdue his Christian neighbors, more especially ...« less