Stories From Froissart Author:Jean Froissart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1832 Original Publisher: Published for H. Colburn by R. Bentley Subjects: Poitiers, Battle of, 1356 Otterburn, Battle of, 1388 Nikopoli, Battle of, 1396 Burgundy (France) France Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356 Otterburn, Battle of, Otterburn, England, 1388 ... more »Nicopolis, Battle of, Nikopol, Bulgaria, 1396 History / Europe / General History / Europe / France History / Medieval Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Medieval 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: HISTORICAL NOTICE (SECOND) HOUSE OF BURGUNDY. [being Introductory To The Story Of " The Last Days Of Charles The Bold."] The extinction of the race of Burgundy, of the house of Valois, in the person of Charles, called the Bold, forms the subject of the following story. As this race bore a part of peculiar prominence during the period through which this work extends, I purpose here to set a consecutive summary of its history before my readers. In the year 1361, Philip, called of Rouvre, from the place of his birth, last of the [elder house of Burgundy, died, at the age of fourteen, without issue. His duchy reverted to King John of France, in right of his mother, Jane of Burgundy, sister of Eudes, grandfather of the young Duke Philip. One would He is called by the French writers, quite as frequently, and far more justly, Charles le Temeraire, as Charles le Hardi. But I have never seen Charles the Rash in any English author; so, to avoid singularity, I have retained the ordinary designation. have thought that so valuable an acquisition to the crown would have been retained with scrupulous care ; and that so large an integral portion of the kingdom, territor...« less