Knowra Jean Froissart Jean Froissart Jean Froissart was a 14th-century French-speaking chronicler and poet whose Chronicles recount the Hundred Years’ War and the courts of contemporary Europe.
Hundred Years’ War : A series of conflicts between the English and French crowns from 1337 to 1453. This long conflict supplies the Chronicles’ central political and military setting.
Chroniques (Froissart) : Jean Froissart’s prose history of the conflicts and courts of late 14th-century Europe. This is the work through which Froissart is chiefly known.
Philippa of Hainault : Queen consort of Edward III of England and a patron associated with Froissart’s early career. Froissart served in her household, where he gained courtly connections.
Battle of Crécy : A 1346 battle in which English forces defeated a larger French army during the Hundred Years’ War. Froissart’s account helped make this English victory a celebrated chivalric episode.
Chivalric romance : A medieval narrative genre centered on knights, quests, aristocratic values, and often romantic adventure. Froissart’s vivid battle narratives helped preserve the appeal of knightly ideals.
Chivalry : A medieval code of conduct associated with knights, including martial prowess, loyalty, and honor. Froissart’s descriptions often present warfare through ideals of knightly conduct.
Medieval manuscript : A handwritten book or document produced before the spread of printing in Europe. Different handwritten copies carried and reshaped Froissart’s text for later audiences.
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg : A 14th-century duke of Luxembourg, poet, and patron of French-language literature. Froissart spent time at his court and composed poetry in its cultural orbit.
Battle of Poitiers (1356) : An English victory in 1356 in which the French king John II was captured. The king’s capture exemplifies the dramatic reversals in Froissart’s war narrative.
Jean de Wavrin : A 15th-century Burgundian chronicler who continued historical writing about the Hundred Years’ War. Later chroniclers worked within a tradition shaped by Froissart’s expansive narrative.
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