Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- JEAN LE BEL'S CHRONICLE
- Prologue
- EDWARD III'S ACCESSION
- THE CAMPAIGN IN THE BORDERS 1327
- ‘THE BLACK DOUGLAS’
- THE CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH CROWN
- WAR WITH SCOTLAND
- THE WAR WITH FRANCE BEGINS
- 1340–58
- THE WAR OF THE BRETON SUCCESSION
- EDWARD AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
- THE WAR IN BRITTANY
- EDWARD AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
- THE WAR IN GASCONY
- CRÉCY AND CALAIS
- KING JOHN'S REIGN BEGINS
- THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CAMPAIGNS
- PLUNDER AND UPRISING
- EDWARD'S LAST CAMPAIGN
- Index
EDWARD AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
from JEAN LE BEL'S CHRONICLE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- JEAN LE BEL'S CHRONICLE
- Prologue
- EDWARD III'S ACCESSION
- THE CAMPAIGN IN THE BORDERS 1327
- ‘THE BLACK DOUGLAS’
- THE CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH CROWN
- WAR WITH SCOTLAND
- THE WAR WITH FRANCE BEGINS
- 1340–58
- THE WAR OF THE BRETON SUCCESSION
- EDWARD AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
- THE WAR IN BRITTANY
- EDWARD AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
- THE WAR IN GASCONY
- CRÉCY AND CALAIS
- KING JOHN'S REIGN BEGINS
- THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CAMPAIGNS
- PLUNDER AND UPRISING
- EDWARD'S LAST CAMPAIGN
- Index
Summary
Here the book returns to its proper story and recounts the great feats of arms and high prowess performed by the Scots against the English.
Now I shall return to the noble history of the valiant King Edward of England, to tell what befell him after the siege of Tournai, for I've said nothing about him for a long while. You earlier heard, if you remember, how he conquered all Scotland as far as the great forest called Jedburgh, the refuge of the wild Scots because the forest is so bewildering and full of vast bogs that no one dares venture in unless he knows the ways and tracks. Then, before beginning his war with King Philip of France, he continued his conquest, leaving no castle or stronghold untaken, right to the city known in Scotland as Saint John, because King David (even though he'd married King Edward's wife) refused to pay him homage for the land: the Scots wouldn't countenance it. You've also heard how young King David and his wife travelled to France with their poor, modest escort and how King Philip gave them shelter and support for a long while in exchange for certain pledges.
Now you should know that Sir William Douglas (son of the sister of the other Sir William who died in Spain), the young Earl of Moray, the Earl Patrick, Simon Fraser and Alexander Ramsay had stayed as captains of the remaining bands of wild Scots, holding out in those wild forests for seven years and more, winter and summer, like the valiant warriors they were.
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- The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel, 1290-1360 , pp. 118 - 128Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2011