: It documents the English possession of Paris and Normandy, including significant military campaigns and the evolving rivalry between the French and English crowns.
: Monstrelet provides a firsthand-style account of the political intrigues and "cruel civil wars" that fractured French nobility. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, (Vo...
covers the turbulent history of France and the Hundred Years' War from 1400 to 1422 . Continuing the narrative where Jean Froissart left off, Monstrelet details the onset of King Charles VI's madness and the subsequent bloody civil wars between the Houses of Orleans and Burgundy . Major Historical Content in Volume 1 : It documents the English possession of Paris