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Chronicles, Jean Froissart ; selected, translated and edited by Geoffrey Brereton

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Chronicles

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Jean Froissart ; selected, translated and edited by Geoffrey Brereton

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Froissart (1337-1410), sometimes described as the historian of the Hundred Years' War, was one of the first great journalists. His Chronicles reveal the same curiosity about character and customs which underlies the works of his contemporary, Chaucer. This selection depicts a panorama of Europe during the great age of Anglo-French rivalry, from the deposition of Edward II to the downfall of Richard II, Froissart's famous descriptions of chivalry in action at Sluy's, Crecy, Calais and Poitiers are only part of a comprehensive court's-eye-view of society which embraces trading activities, diplomacy and the Peasants' Revolt

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 Crécy ; 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 Étienne Marcel ; Brigandry, warfare and predictions ; King John's return to England and his death ; The Battle of Montiel and death of Peter the Cruel ; The sack of Limoges ; The turn of the tide ; Du Gueselin appointed constable ; La Rochelle goes over to the French ; John of Gaunt's fruitless expedition ; The end of a reign -- Book two (1376-85). Papal affairs and the Great Schism ; The Great Schism ; The Peasant's Revolt in England ; Affairs of Flanders ; Battle of Roosebeke ; Charles VI marries Isabella of BavariaBook three (1386-8). At the court of the Count of Foix ; The haunting of Sir Peter ; Reminiscences of the Bascot de Mauléon, freebooter ; The tale of the familiar ; Preparations for a French invasion of England ; Trial by combat ; Richard II's first struggle with his uncles ; John of Gaunt's expedition to Spain ; The Battle of Otterburn (Chevy Chase) -- Book four (1389-1400). Queen Isabella's entry into Paris ; A royal visitation ; Tournament at Saint-Inglevert ; The Duke of Touraine in trouble ; The death of the Count of Foix ; Charles VI goes mad ; Froissart revisits England ; The English in Ireland ; Two marriages ; The downfall of Richard II ; The murder of Gloucester ; The challenge and Bolinbroke's banishment ; Richard loses control ; The return of Bolingbroke ; The surrender of King Richard ; Richard's abdication ; Coronation of Bolingbroke ; Plots against Henry IV ; The end of Richard of Bordeaux -- Notes in form and glossary -- Map: France and neighbouring territories in the fourteenth century