Commynes, Memoirs: a Standard history source. Covers AD 1464 – 1477, with 124 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | AD 1464 – 1477 |
| Events | 124 events, 118 placed on the map |
| Author | Philippe de Commynes |
| Original title | Mémoires de Philippe de Commynes |
Regions: Western Europe 123 · Southern Europe 1
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1464 | Lille | The French envoy Morvilliers rebukes the Count of Charolais at a public audience at the court of Lille — a diplomatic clash before the provocation | Book I, ch. I |
| AD 1464 | Nantes | Duke Francis of Brittany and the Count of Charolais conclude an alliance of mutual aid at Nantes | Book I, ch. I (조약 전문) |
| AD 1464 | Lille | Duke John of Bourbon comes to Lille and asks the Duke of Burgundy to raise troops in his lands — the origin of the War of the Public Weal | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1464 | Cambrai | At a council in the bishop's palace at Cambrai, the Count of Charolais declares the Croÿ family his enemies and drives them out — the pretext for raising troops | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1465 | Nesle | Charolais's army marches toward Noyon and besieges the small castle of Nesle, which falls within a few days | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1465 | Paris | Charolais's army skirmishes with citizens before the gates of Paris — the Parisians come off worse, then he withdraws to Saint-Denis, the city being impregnable | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1465 | Moulins | The king attacks the Duke of Bourbon's lands and seizes several places, but Burgundian reinforcements stop him from conquering the whole region | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1465 | Paris | The king rushes from Bourbon to Paris by forced marches to prevent the armies of Charolais, Berry and Brittany from joining — the text says he did not intend to fight | Book I, ch. II |
| AD 1465 | Montlhéry | Battle of Montlhéry: the king's vanguard clashes with Charolais's army — the text puts total dead on both sides at over 2,000 | Book I, ch. III |
| AD 1465 | Montlhéry | While pursuing the enemy, the Count of Charolais is surrounded and wounded by a sword cut to the throat — his standard-bearer Philippe de Hune is killed | Book I, ch. IV |
| AD 1465 | Montlhéry | John Cadet rides in and pulls the surrounded Count of Charolais out of the melee — the enemy withdraws | Book I, ch. IV |
| AD 1465 | Corbeil-Essonnes | At nightfall the king withdraws to Corbeil — the text says he mistook a fire in his camp for campfires | Book I, ch. III |
| AD 1465 | London | Count Charles sends the protonotary William Cluny to London to negotiate a marriage with Margaret, sister of Edward IV — the marriage in fact took place only some years later | 1.V |
| AD 1465 | Étampes | Count Charles and Duke Francis of Brittany renew their alliance at Étampes and take each other as "brothers in arms" | 1.V |
| AD 1465 | Moret-sur-Loing | Charles's army throws a bridge of boats across the Seine, crosses the river via an island and advances toward Paris (pushing back the French cavalry line of defence) | 1.VI |
| AD 1465 | Charenton-le-Pont | Charles's army advances on the bridge of Charenton, routs the franc-archer (militia archer) force guarding it, and camps around Conflans, east of Paris | 1.VI |
| AD 1465 | Paris | Charles's army besieges Paris: the whole camp stays 11 weeks (the Duke of Berry and the Bretons at Saint-Maur, the rest toward Saint-Denis), encamped widely south and east of Paris | 1.VI |
| AD 1465 | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Negotiations: Parisian representatives (including Bishop Guillaume Chartier) meet the princes' delegation at Saint-Maur and ask them to enter Paris, but no agreement is reached | 1.VIII |
| AD 1465 | Paris | Louis XI enters Paris leading over 2,000 cavalry, wrecking the plan to persuade the citizens | 1.VIII |
| AD 1465 | Charenton-le-Pont | Artillery duel across the Seine between Charles's and Louis XI's armies: fire on the French defensive trench shakes Charles's main camp. The truce ends while Charles's second bridge of boats is being prepared | 1.IX |
| AD 1465 | Charenton-le-Pont | Louis XI crosses by boat and meets Charles in person on the riverbank to negotiate — offering Charles the Somme towns and the appointment of the Count of Saint-Pol as Constable of France | 1.XII |
| AD 1465 | Paris | Peace treaty of Conflans between Louis XI and Count Charles: the Somme towns (Amiens, Saint-Quentin, etc.) and Péronne and others go to Charles (redeemable for 200,000 crowns) | 1.XIII |
| AD 1465 | Rouen | Amid the bargaining that gives Normandy to the Duke of Berry, the castle of Rouen passes to Duke John of Bourbon and the city follows | 1.XIII |
| AD 1465 | Amiens | After the treaty Charles goes to Amiens and receives homage from all the towns along the Somme (immediately after the treaty) | 1.XIV |
| AD 1465 | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Treaty of Saint-Maur: Louis XI and the league of princes — the Duke of Normandy (Berry), Brittany, Calabria, Charles and others — agree on peace, and a commission of 36 reformers is set up | 1.XIV |
| AD 1465 | Rouen | Louis XI recovers several places in Normandy (Pont-de-l'Arche and others). The Duke of Normandy (Berry) tries to flee to Flanders and later returns to Brittany | 1.XV |
| AD 1466 | Dinant | Siege and fall of Dinant, a city of the Liège territory, under Charles, to whom Duke Philip of Burgundy (the Good) had entrusted command: taken by assault and burned, about 800 prisoners drowned | 2.I |
| AD 1466 | Liège | The Liégeois reaffirm peace and promise to pay money and give 300 hostages — Charles withdraws without fighting | 2.I |
| AD 1467 | Bruges | Duke Philip of Burgundy dies (June 1467, per a parenthesis in the text). Charles holds a splendid funeral at Bruges and notifies the King of France of the death | 2.I |
| AD 1467 | Huy | The Liégeois seize Huy and drive out the ducal garrison, even plundering — war resumes | 2.II |
| AD 1467 | Sint-Truiden | As Duke Charles of Burgundy besieges Saint-Trond, about 30,000 Liégeois come to relieve it and give battle; the Liégeois are heavily defeated (the text gives about 6,000 dead) | 2.II |
| AD 1467 | Sint-Truiden | After the defeat the Saint-Trond garrison surrenders, lays down its arms and leaves. Charles picks 10 of the hostages and has them beheaded (6 of them had been released hostages) | 2.II |
| AD 1467 | Tongeren | Charles forces Tongeren to surrender — it yields on the same terms and hands over 10 men, all executed | 2.II |
| AD 1467 | Liège | Amid divisions within Liège, the lord of Humbercourt seizes four city gates and raises the Burgundian standard — the city passes to Charles | 2.III |
| AD 1467 | Liege | Duke Charles of Burgundy makes a triumphal entry into Liège — the citizens tear down the walls and fill in the moat | Bk2 ch.IV |
| AD 1467 | Ghent | The citizens of Ghent demand the return of the privileges and guild banners taken from them under Duke Philip, and Charles grants everything | Bk2 ch.IV |
| AD 1468 | Ancenis | Louis XI's army takes two small castles on the Breton side (Chantocé and Ancenis) — territory allied to the Duke of Burgundy | Bk2 ch.V |
| AD 1468 | Tongres | The Liégeois surprise and capture the bishop and the lord of Humbercourt, who were stationed at Tongeren (suspected to have been instigated by the king) | Bk2 ch.VII |
| AD 1468 | Peronne | Furious at the news from Liège, Duke Charles has the gates of Péronne shut and holds Louis XI captive inside the castle | Bk2 ch.VII |
| AD 1468 | Peronne | Treaty of Péronne concluded — Louis XI accepts and signs Charles's terms (35 articles, including the Liège question) | Bk2 ch.IX (조약문) |
| AD 1468 | Liege | The night before the assault, 600 Liège defenders sally through a gap in the walls, cut down the outer pickets and infiltrate toward the quarters of Charles and Louis XI — the two princes nearly die | Bk2 ch.XII |
| AD 1468 | Liege | Assault on Liège — on Sunday morning both camps enter at once; the city falls without resistance, followed by plunder and the capture of refugees in the churches | Bk2 ch.XIII |
| AD 1468 | Liege | Charles orders Liège burned — fire is set in three places, the churches are spared and the bridge is destroyed | Bk2 ch.XIV |
| AD 1468 | Polleur | Expedition to Franchimont — in winter Charles's army burns villages and destroys ironworks, massacring and capturing refugees | Bk2 ch.XIV |
| AD 1469 | La Rochelle | Louis XI grants his brother Charles the duchy of Guyenne (in place of Brie and Champagne, reversing the promise of the Treaty of Péronne) — the Duke of Burgundy protests | Bk2 ch.XV |
| AD 1470 | Tours | Louis XI convenes the Estates General at Tours — preparing a summons against the Duke of Burgundy and a pretext for war | Bk3 ch.I |
| AD 1470 | Ghent | A bailiff of the Parlement of Paris delivers at Ghent a summons for Duke Charles to appear in Paris — the duke, enraged, imprisons the bailiff and then releases him | Bk3 ch.I |
| AD 1470 | Hesdin | Duke Charles sails from Holland into Artois and goes to Hesdin — investigating betrayal among his entourage | Bk3 ch.I |
| AD 1470 | St. Quentin | In December the Constable of France (Saint-Pol) enters Saint-Quentin and has the inhabitants swear allegiance to the king | Bk3 ch.II |
| AD 1470 – 1471 | Amiens | The Amiens garrison turns to the king's side and admits the king's garrison — Duke Charles fails to enter the city | Bk3 ch.II |
| AD 1470 | Calais | When the Earl of Warwick tries to enter Calais, the lieutenant governor Lord Wenlock does not receive him and fires cannon | 3.IV |
| AD 1470 | Alkmaar | Edward IV flees with only 700-800 men aboard and anchors near Alkmaar by Friesland (Alquemare in the original) | 3.V |
| AD 1470 | The Hague | The Burgundian Lord of Gruuthuse receives Edward and escorts him to The Hague | 3.V |
| AD 1470 | London | The Earl of Warwick frees Henry VI from the Tower of London and restores him to the throne | 3.VI |
| AD 1470 | Calais | At Calais it is agreed to maintain the alliance between Burgundy and England — with Henry in place of Edward | 3.VI |
| AD 1471 | Picquigny | Duke Charles attacks Picquigny on the Somme — the archers of the garrison leave the town before the bridge is finished, and the castle surrenders two or three days later | Bk3 ch.III |
| AD 1471 | Amiens | Duke Charles camps for six weeks around Amiens, battering the city with artillery — the king musters troops at Beauvais | Bk3 ch.III |
| AD 1471 | London | Edward IV enters London to the acclaim of the citizens (Thursday before Easter) | 3.VII |
| AD 1471 | On Easter Day, a battle in which the Earl of Warwick and the Marquess of Montagu are killed (Edward wins) | 3.VII | |
| AD 1471 | Amiens | The same day the Duke of Burgundy receives news of the battle before Amiens (during the siege of Amiens) | 3.VII |
| AD 1471 | The army led by the Prince of Wales is defeated by Edward and the Prince of Wales is killed; the Duke of Somerset is beheaded the next day | 3.VII | |
| AD 1471 | Arras | The Duke of Burgundy gathers his army near Arras, then marches toward Péronne, Roye and Montdidier | 3.VIII |
| AD 1471 | Amiens | Louis XI takes Amiens from the Duke of Burgundy | 4.I |
| AD 1471 | London | (Appendix ch. XX) Edward IV keeps Henry VI imprisoned in the Tower of London for a long time and then has him killed | part_06.txt L1898-1903 (CH.XX 예시) |
| AD 1471 | Barnet | (Appendix ch. XX) The Earl of Warwick plots to restore the Lancastrians but is defeated in battle and killed | part_06.txt L1905-1912 (CH.XX 예시) |
| AD 1472 | Nesle | The Burgundian army besieges and takes Nesle (in Vermandois); most of the garrison is executed | 3.IX |
| AD 1472 | La Rochelle | Louis XI's army besieges La Rochelle | 3.IX |
| AD 1472 | Le Crotoy | Treaty of Crotoy — Louis XI agrees to return Amiens and Saint-Quentin and reaffirms the treaties of Arras, Conflans and Péronne | 3.IX |
| AD 1472 | Roye | The Burgundian army besieges Roye; the next day the garrison surrenders and hands over the town | 3.X |
| AD 1472 | Beauvais | The Duke of Burgundy fails to take Beauvais, lifts the siege and withdraws | 3.X |
| AD 1472 | Eu | The Duke of Burgundy takes Eu and also takes Saint-Valery | 3.X |
| AD 1474 | Noyon | The Constable (Count of Saint-Pol) meets Louis XI near Noyon and goes over to the king's side | 3.XI–3.XII |
| AD 1474 | Neuss | The Duke of Burgundy besieges Neuss (Nuz) near Cologne — defended by the Landgrave of Hesse and others | 4.I |
| AD 1474 – 1475 | Neuss | Duke Charles's siege of Neuss (Nuz) in his later years — described as the start of three or more successive defeats | part_06.txt L285-287 (CH.IX) |
| AD 1474 | (Appendix ch. XX) After the death of King Henry of Castile, his daughter's succession is blocked and Isabella takes the throne | part_06.txt L2004-2015 (CH.XX 예시) | |
| AD 1475 | Louis XI attacks the small castle of Tronquoy and takes it within a few hours | 4.III | |
| AD 1475 | Montdidier | The Montdidier garrison loads up its baggage and abandons the town (negotiated by Louis XI's side) | 4.III |
| AD 1475 | Corbie | Louis XI's army besieges Corbie and, after its surrender, plunders and burns the town | 4.III |
| AD 1475 | Arras | The citizens of Arras send out a sortie but are beaten by the army of the French Admiral of Bourbon, with many captured or killed | 4.III |
| AD 1475 | Neuss | The Duke of Burgundy lifts the siege of Neuss and withdraws — he makes peace with the Emperor and hands Neuss to the papal legate | 4.IV |
| AD 1475 | Calais | Edward IV embarks at Dover and lands at Calais; embarking and landing the troops takes three weeks | 4.V |
| AD 1475 | Calais | King Edward of England lands at Calais and the Duke of Burgundy goes to Calais to receive him | L17–18 |
| AD 1475 | Peronne | The King of England and the Duke of Burgundy reach Péronne, but the duke shuts the gates and gives the English a cold reception | L31–33 |
| AD 1475 | Compiègne (출발지) | Louis XI disguises a servant as a herald and sends him to the English camp (the start of the truce negotiations) | L168–185 |
| AD 1475 | Amiens 근처 마을 | After safe-conducts are issued, envoys of the two countries hold truce talks in a village near Amiens | L224–226 |
| AD 1475 | Amiens | After the truce, many English soldiers enter Amiens fully armed and are entertained with drinks by the French king | L436–439 |
| AD 1475 | Picquigny | The two kings meet on the bridge of Picquigny across a lattice barrier and swear the nine-year truce treaty on the Gospels | L615–617 · L664–667 |
| AD 1475 | Vervins | At Vervins, a nine-year truce (a commercial treaty) is concluded between Louis XI and Duke Charles of Burgundy | L1004–1009 |
| AD 1475 | Mons (Hainault) | The Constable (Count of Saint-Pol) goes to Mons in Hainaut with only 15-20 horsemen and lodges at the house of the governor, the lord of Emeries | L1221–1222 |
| AD 1475 | Saint-Quentin | Louis XI seizes Saint-Quentin by a surprise attack with 700-800 horsemen, welcomed by some of the inhabitants | L1231–1235 |
| AD 1475 | Nancy | Duke Charles formally besieges Nancy in Lorraine; the defence holds out strongly | L1292–1293 |
| AD 1475 | Peronne | Duke Charles's side hands the Constable over at the gate of Péronne to the Bastard of Bourbon and the lord of Saint-Pierre | L1340–1342 |
| AD 1475 | Paris | The Constable, Count of Saint-Pol, is tried in Paris, found guilty, executed, and his property confiscated | L1347–1353 |
| AD 1476 | Granson | After bombarding the fortress of Grandson, Duke Charles takes it and kills all 700-800 Swiss defenders | L1556–1558 |
| AD 1476 | Granson 근처 산기슭 | At the foot of the mountain near Grandson, Duke Charles's main body is defeated by a Swiss surprise attack and loses its camp and cannon (the first defeat) | L1575–1577 |
| AD 1476 | Milan | After the defeat the Duke of Milan breaks with Duke Charles, renews the old alliance with Louis XI and proclaims it in Milan | L1703–1705 |
| AD 1476 | Lyons | René, King of Sicily, comes to Lyon and reconciles with Louis XI; the promise to make Duke Charles his heir is withdrawn | L1725–1727 |
| AD 1476 | Losanne (Savoy) | Before the Battle of Morat, Duke Charles sets up headquarters at Lausanne and gathers his forces again | L1811–1813 |
| AD 1476 | Morat (Murten) | At Morat the Swiss-German allied army crushes Duke Charles's army, with the Duke of Lorraine joining at the last moment | L1876–1878 |
| AD 1476 | Castle of Rouvre near Dijon | Duke Charles forcibly takes the Duchess of Savoy to the castle of Rouvres (near Dijon) | L1927–1928 |
| AD 1476 | Plessis-du-Parc (투르 근처) | Louis XI receives his sister the Duchess of Savoy at the gate of Plessis-du-Parc and, after oaths of friendship, sends her back | L1992–1995 · L2012–2015 |
| AD 1476 | La Rivière (부르고뉴 입구) | After the defeat at Morat, Duke Charles shuts himself away at La Rivière for six weeks and does not gather troops | L2031–2033 |
| AD 1476 | Nancy | After the death of the English mercenary captain Colpin, the commander Bièvres surrenders and Nancy passes to the Duke of Lorraine | L2134–2136 |
| AD 1476 | Nancy | After confronting the Duke of Lorraine, Duke Charles decides to besiege Nancy again | L2142–2145 |
| AD 1476 | Nancy (샤를 공 진영) | In Duke Charles's camp outside Nancy, the courier Cipron is hanged, and Campobasso prevents his confession from being heard | L2195–2197 · L2213–2229 |
| AD 1476 | Murten/Morat | News of the Battle of Morat arrives — the narrator and Buxhage hear it first and report it to the king, who gives each of them 200 marks of silver | part_06.txt L346-348 (CH.X) |
| AD 1477 | St. Nicholas (낭시 근처) | The Duke of Lorraine, leading German mercenaries, camps at Saint-Nicolas near Nancy; the French army waits at Bar | L2354–2355 |
| AD 1477 | Nancy | Duke Charles of Burgundy is defeated and killed in the battle before Nancy (the text: his body was found after a surprise attack) | part_06.txt L167-168 (CH.VIII) |
| AD 1477 | Tours | With the death of the Duke of Burgundy still uncertain, Louis XI summons his entourage and commanders to Tours | part_06.txt L382-384 (CH.X) |
| AD 1477 | Abbeville | The inhabitants of Abbeville open the gates and admit the lord of Torcy — the Burgundian garrison officers suffer losses | part_06.txt L438-440 (CH.XI) |
| AD 1477 | Arras | Passing through Doullens, he demands the surrender of Arras — Arras refuses, saying Artois belongs to Charles's daughter | part_06.txt L449-454 (CH.XI) |
| AD 1477 | Saint-Quentin | The inhabitants of Saint-Quentin defend the city themselves and open the gates to the king (Ham and the castle of Beauvoir also come over) | part_06.txt L578-581 (CH.XIII) |
| AD 1477 | Péronne | The city of Péronne surrenders to the king — William Bische brings the surrender | part_06.txt L588-591 (CH.XIII) |
| AD 1477 | Gent | The king's barber Olivier insists on a private message at the meeting in Ghent — he is refused and flees | part_06.txt L763-764, L776-777 (CH.XIV) |
| AD 1477 | Tournai | Olivier, leading 30-40 men from the Moy side, has the gate of Tournai opened and the French garrison enters | part_06.txt L801-816 (CH.XIV) |
| AD 1477 | Hesdin | After reinforcing the fortress of Arras, the siege of Hesdin follows — the former governor Des Cordes accompanies, and the garrison submits | part_06.txt L930-933, L937-939 (CH.XV) |
| AD 1477 | Boulogne-sur-Mer | After Hesdin, Boulogne is besieged — it surrenders about five or six days later | part_06.txt L937-939 (CH.XV) |
| AD 1477 | Arras | A relief force sallies from Douai toward Arras — after a sortie by the garrison inside Arras most are killed or captured (the lord of Vergy is taken prisoner) | part_06.txt L957-972 (CH.XV) |
| AD 1477 | Arras | After the siege of Arras the castle surrenders — the terms are not kept and citizens are executed, later a fine of 60,000 crowns | part_06.txt L992-1002 (CH.XV) |
| AD 1477 | Arras | Envoys of the three estates, including Ghent, visit the king's camp to ask for a truce and talks — the king answers by letter | part_06.txt L1044-1056 (CH.XVI) |
| AD 1477 | Gent | After the envoys return, the citizens of Ghent arrest the Chancellor Hugonet and Humbercourt overnight | part_06.txt L1219-1221 (CH.XVII) |
| AD 1477 | Gent | After a trial the citizens of Ghent behead Chancellor Hugonet and Humbercourt in the market square (the princess's plea for their lives fails) | part_06.txt L1282-1292 (CH.XVII) |
| AD 1477 | Dijon | The Prince of Orange negotiates at Dijon — Dijon and the other towns of the Duchy of Burgundy submit to the king (Auxonne and others hold out) | part_06.txt L1319-1336 (CH.XVII) |
| AD 1477 | Tournai | The Flemish allied army burns the suburbs of Tournai and retreats — the Duke of Guelders is killed | part_06.txt L1374-1393 (CH.XVII) |