The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe IVolume 7 — THE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8]Reading editionChapter navigation88 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE BESTWorld's ClassicsHENRY CABOT LODGEFRANCIS W. HALSEYCONTINENTAL EUROPE—IVol. VII—Continental Europe—IST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINEIMPERIAL POWER FOR GOOD AND BAD MEN[1]ANICIUS BOETHIUSTHE HIGHEST HAPPINESS[2]ST. THOMAS AQUINASA DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS[3]THOMAS À KEMPISOF ETERNAL LIFE AND OF STRIVING FOR IT[4]GEOFFREY DE VILLE-HARDOUINTHE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE[5](1204)JEAN DE JOINVILLEGREEK FIRE IN BATTLE[7]AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTEJEAN FROISSARTTHE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8](1346)PHILIPPE DE COMINESOF THE CHARACTER OF LOUIS XI[9]MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊMEOF HUSBANDS WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL[10]FRANÇOIS RABELAISI GARGANTUA IN HIS CHILDHOOD[12]II GARGANTUA'S EDUCATION[14]III OF THE FOUNDING OF AN IDEAL ABBEY[15]JOHN CALVINOF FREEDOM FOR THE WILL[16]JOACHIM DU BELLAYWHY OLD FRENCH WAS NOT AS RICH AS GREEK AND LATIN[17]MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI A WORD TO HIS READERS[19]II OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[20]III OF HIS OWN LIBRARY[21]IV THAT THE SOUL DISCHARGES HER PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS WHERE TRUE ONES ARE WANTING.[22]V THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH[23]RENÉ DESCARTESOF MATERIAL THINGS AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD[25]DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA SELECTION FROM THE "MAXIMS"[26]BLAISE PASCALOF THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-LOVE[29]MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉI GREAT NEWS FROM PARIS[30]II AN IMPOSING FUNERAL DESCRIBED[31]ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGEI IN THE SERVICE OF DR. SANGRADO[32]II AS AN ARCHBISHOP'S FAVORITE[33]DUC DE SAINT-SIMONI THE DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN[34]II THE PUBLIC WATCHING THE KING AND MADAME[35]BARON DE MONTESQUIEUI OF THE CAUSES WHICH DESTROYED ROME[38]II OF THE RELATION OF LAWS TO DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS[39]FRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIREI OF BACON'S GREATNESS[40]II ENGLAND'S REGARD FOR MEN OF LETTERS[41]JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAUI OF CHRIST AND SOCRATESII OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN[46]MADAME DE STAËLOF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[47]VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIANDIN AN AMERICAN FOREST[48]FRANÇOIS GUIZOTSHAKESPEARE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVILIZATION[49]ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINEOF MIRABEAU'S ORIGIN AND PLACE IN HISTORY[51]LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERSTHE BURNING OF MOSCOW[52]HONORÉ DE BALZACI THE DEATH OF PÉRE GORIOT[54]II BIROTTEAU'S EARLY MARRIED LIFE[55]ALFRED DE VIGNYRICHELIEU'S WAY WITH HIS MASTER[56]VICTOR HUGOTHE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[57]II THE BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSIONS OF PARIS[58]ALEXANDRE DUMASTHE SHOULDER, THE BELT, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF[59]GEORGE SANDLÉLIA AND THE POET[60]Previous chapter ←Volume 7 — JEAN FROISSARTNext chapter →Volume 7 — (1346)All chapters and sections (88)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE BESTWorld's ClassicsHENRY CABOT LODGEFRANCIS W. HALSEYCONTINENTAL EUROPE—IVolume 7 · Other sectionsVol. VII—Continental Europe—IST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINEIMPERIAL POWER FOR GOOD AND BAD MEN[1]ANICIUS BOETHIUSTHE HIGHEST HAPPINESS[2]ST. THOMAS AQUINASA DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS[3]THOMAS À KEMPISOF ETERNAL LIFE AND OF STRIVING FOR IT[4]GEOFFREY DE VILLE-HARDOUINTHE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE[5](1204)JEAN DE JOINVILLEGREEK FIRE IN BATTLE[7]AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTEJEAN FROISSARTTHE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8](1346)PHILIPPE DE COMINESOF THE CHARACTER OF LOUIS XI[9]MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊMEOF HUSBANDS WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL[10]FRANÇOIS RABELAISVolume 7 · Chapters123Volume 7 · Other sectionsJOHN CALVINOF FREEDOM FOR THE WILL[16]JOACHIM DU BELLAYWHY OLD FRENCH WAS NOT AS RICH AS GREEK AND LATIN[17]MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEVolume 7 · Chapters12345Volume 7 · Other sectionsRENÉ DESCARTESOF MATERIAL THINGS AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD[25]DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA SELECTION FROM THE "MAXIMS"[26]BLAISE PASCALOF THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-LOVE[29]MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsALAIN RENÉ LE SAGEVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsDUC DE SAINT-SIMONVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsBARON DE MONTESQUIEUVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsFRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIREVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsJEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAUVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsMADAME DE STAËLOF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[47]VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIANDIN AN AMERICAN FOREST[48]FRANÇOIS GUIZOTSHAKESPEARE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVILIZATION[49]ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINEOF MIRABEAU'S ORIGIN AND PLACE IN HISTORY[51]LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERSTHE BURNING OF MOSCOW[52]HONORÉ DE BALZACVolume 7 · Chapters12Volume 7 · Other sectionsALFRED DE VIGNYRICHELIEU'S WAY WITH HIS MASTER[56]VICTOR HUGOTHE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[57]Volume 7 · Chapters2Volume 7 · Other sectionsALEXANDRE DUMASTHE SHOULDER, THE BELT, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF[59]GEORGE SANDLÉLIA AND THE POET[60]THE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · The field of Crécy lies about thirty miles northwest of Amiens, in France. The English under Edward III, numbering about 40,000 men, here de← JEAN FROISSART(1346) →