Chronicles
by Jean Froissart · Chroniques
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- c. 1370-1400
- Era
- Medieval
- Form
- History
- Language
- French
- Length
- Epic · 3000 ppover 700 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendChronicles, translated by Geoffrey BreretonPenguin Classics, 1978A well chosen abridgement of the vast whole, with the famous set pieces intact; the complete Chronicles run to many volumes.
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A history of the first half of the Hundred Years' War, from 1322 to 1400, written in French prose by a poet from Hainault who travelled between the courts of England, France, Scotland and Spain collecting accounts from participants. Its four books describe the battles of Crécy and Poitiers, the siege of Calais and the burghers who offered their lives, the Black Prince, the Jacquerie and the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381, all told with the values of chivalry and an eye for what knights wore and did. Historians distrust its dates and use it for its picture of the age.
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