Authors: Jean Froissart, Geoffrey Brereton (Translator), Geoffrey Brereton
ISBN-13: 9780140442007, ISBN-10: 0140442006
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: April 1978
Edition: Reprint
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.