The Chronicles of Froissart
Author : Jean Froissart
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Europe
ISBN :
The True Chronicles of Jean Le Bel, 1290-1360
Author : Jehan Le Bel
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1843836947
Book Description
Even as a canon, he lived in princely style, with a retinue of two knights and forty squires, and he wrote at the request of John of Hainault, the uncle of queen Philippa. He was thus able to draw directly on the verbal accounts of the Crécy campaign given to him by soldiers from Hainault who had fought on both sides; and his description of warfare in Scotland is the most realistic account of what it was like to be on campaign that survives from this period.
Froissart in Britain
Author : Jean Froissart
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Book Description
The Chronicles of Jean Froissart (Illustrated)
Author : Jean Froissart
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 6214 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 180170208X
Book Description
The medieval court historian Jean Froissart is famous today for writing the ‘Chronicles’, a voluminous and detailed account of the fourteenth century, which concerns the “honourable adventures and feats of arms” of the Hundred Years’ War. As a scholar, Froissart lived among the nobility of several European courts and he travelled widely. His ‘Chronicles’ remains the most important document of feudal times in Europe and the best contemporary exposition of chivalric and courtly ideals. Delphi’s Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages, with noted English translations and the original texts. This eBook presents Froissart’s ‘Chronicles’, with multiple translations, illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Froissart's life and works * Features the two translations of the ‘Chronicles’, as well as the original French text * Concise introduction to Froissart’s work * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the chapters you want to read with individual contents tables * Lord Berners’ celebrated translation (edited by G. C. Macaulay), widely regarded as one of the greatest translations of the English language * Includes Thomas Johnes’ comprehensive 1848 translation, first time in digital print * Features two bonus biographies — discover Froissart’s medieval world CONTENTS: The Translations The Chronicles: Lord Berners’ Translation, 1535 The Chronicles: Thomas Johnes’ Translation, 1848 The Original Text Contents of the French Text The Biographies Jean Froissart (1911) by Walter Besant Jean Froissart (1913) by Louis René Bréhier
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV.
Author : Jean Froissart
Publisher :
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Burgundy (France)
ISBN :
Book Description
La Prison Amoureuse
Author : Jean Froissart
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Courtly love
ISBN : 9780815303299
Book Description
Though best known for his "Chronicles," Froissart was also one of the great poets of the 14th century. The first and perhaps most important disciple of Machaut, he produced courtly narrative "dits," an enormous Arthurian romance ("M liador"), and numerous lyrics. La Prison Amoureuse is probably the most important of his narrative "dits." Inspired by Machaut's "Le Voir Dit," the Prison presents a literary correspondence between a poet and patron, whose names are hidden behind allegorical pseudonyms. The Prison cleverly intercalates the men's prose letters to each other, as well as their lyric compositions, into its narrative frame. Critics have read the work as everything from pure fancy and courtly fluff to a recreation of the letters exchanged between Froissart and his patron, Wenceslas of Luxemburg, during the latter's captivity of 1372. The very difficulty of interpretation makes the "Prison "of importance to scholars interested in the relationship between artists and patrons, and the place of literature in society, during the Hundred Years War. This new edition also provides the first English translation of a major work by a writer who almost certainly knew and influenced Chaucer.
The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century
Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843836742
Book Description
Essays throwing fresh light on what it was like to be a medieval soldier, drawing on archival research.
Chronicles of the First Crusade
Author : Christopher Tyerman
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 42,72 MB
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0141970871
Book Description
The story of the First Crusade, as witnessed by contemporary writers 'O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!' The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events of the Middle Ages. It was both the climax of a great wave of visionary Christian fervour and the beginning of what proved to be a futile and abortive attempt to implant a new European kingdom of heaven in an overwhelmingly Muslim world. This remarkable collection brings together a wide variety of contemporary accounts of the First Crusade, including Pope Urban II's initial call to arms of 1095, as well as the first-hand writings of priests, knights, a Jewish pilgrim, a destitute noblewoman, an Iraqi poet and the historian Anna Comnena. Together they provide a vivid and nuanced picture of the First Crusade and the people who were swept up in it. Edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Tyerman
Jean Froissart
Author : Kristen M. Figg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 17,58 MB
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1136775951
Book Description
First published in 2002. Jean Froissart is probably the best known medieval historians. His Chronicle (of the Hundred Years War) is among the top ten historical works in western civilization. In his own time, though, he was better known as a poet. This is the first dual language anthology including excepts from Chroniques, as well as several of his verse and prose.
The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart
Author : Kristen Mossler Figg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0429589433
Book Description
Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but generally neglected short lyric poems of Jean Froissart. The book situates Froissart within the cultural and literary context of fourteenth-century Europe and examines a representative number of his lyric forms (pastourelles, chansons royales, ballades, virelais, and rondeaux) demonstrating their richness of theme and poetic virtuosity. The book provides a readable and reliable English translation, making it possible for English scholars unfamiliar with the original Middle French forms to understand and appreciate the influence Froissart had on Chaucer and other authors of the age. The book focuses on themes, techniques, meters, and rhythms that Froissart employed in his poetry, on how his poetry fits poetic tradition, and on the place of Froissart in literary history.
