Chronicles

Annotation

The chronicles of Froissart are one of the greatest contemporary records of 14th-century England and France. Depicting the great age of Anglo-French rivalry from the deposition of Edwards II to the downfall of Richard II, Froissart portrays the deeds of knights in battle at Sluys, Crecy, Calais and Poitiers during the Hundred Years War.

Author Biography

Jean Froissart was born in Valenciennes (c.1337) and came to England in 1361 where he joined the entourage of Edward III's Queen. While in England he travelled to Scotland and the Welsh Marshes and to the Continent seveal times, finally settling in the Netherlands on the death of the Queen. He finally took holy orders, before returning to England in the court of Richard II, whose downfall he recorded in 1399. His first book of the Chroniques was published in three versions, the second book was completed by 1388 and the third in 1390. He was still working on the fourth when he died c.1410. Geoffrey Brereton edited and translated several modern dramatists including Claudel, Sartre and Adamov, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1979.

Table of Contents

ChroniclesIntroduction Acknowledgments The Chronological Background Book One (1322-77) Prologue The Beginning of a Reign Deposition of Edward II and Accession of Edward III The Scots Invade England Edward III Does Homage to Philip VI Preliminaries of the Hundred Years War Battle of Sluys The Order of the Garter The Campaign of Crecy The Siege of Calais Black Death, Flagellants and Jews Sea Battle off Winchelsea The Siege of Breteuil and the Poitiers Campaign Consequences of Poitiers The Three Estates; the Free Companies The Jacquerie The Last Days of

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