12 Facts About Froissart's Chronicles

Froissart's Chronicles are a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart.

Centuries the Froissart's Chronicles have been recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric culture of 14th-century England and France.

Froissart's Chronicles work is perceived as being of vital importance to informed understandings of the European 14th century, particularly of the Hundred Years' War.

Froissart's Chronicles was present at other significant events such as the baptism of Richard II in Bordeaux in 1367, the coronation of King Charles VI of France in Rheims in 1380, the marriage of Duke John of Berry and Jeanne of Boulogne in Riom and the joyous entry of the French queen Isabeau of Bavaria in Paris, both in 1389.

The text of Froissart's Chronicles is preserved in more than 150 manuscripts, many of which are illustrated, some extensively.

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Froissart's Chronicles seems to have come from what we would today call a middle-class background, but spent much of his adult life in courts, and took on the world-view of the late medieval feudal aristocracy, who initially represented his readership.

Froissart's Chronicles appears to have gained his living as a writer, and was a notable French poet in his day.

Froissart's Chronicles first wrote a rhyming chronicle for the English queen Philippa of Hainault, which he offered to her in 1361 or 1362.

Froissart's Chronicles furthermore inserted some official documents into his text, including the act of hommage by King Edward III to the French King Philip VI and the English version of the Peace Treaty of Calais (1360).

French scholars have often followed Simeon Luce, the French 19th-century editor of the Froissart's Chronicles, who thought that the 'Amiens' version was a more recent version that must have followed the 'A' and 'B' versions in the chronology.

Froissart inserted several official documents into his Chronicle of Flanders, which were kept in Book II of the Froissart's Chronicles, including the text of Treaty of Tournai that re-established peace between the Flemish cities and their count.

Froissart's Chronicles were almost immediately popular among the nobility, and many manuscripts were expensively illuminated.