1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Montereau Charles deliberately murdered the suppliant duke, as he knelt to do homage, thinking thereby that he would make an end of the Burgundian party (Sept. 9, 1419). This abominable deed gave northern France for twenty years to an English master. The young duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, and his supporters in Paris and the north, were so incensed with the dauphin's cruel treachery that they resolved that he should never inherit his mctaowfathcr's crown. They proffered peace to King Henry, *<»» and offered to…
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