The Chronicles of Froissart (1337-1410) are one of thegreatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century England andFrance. Depicting the great age of Anglo-French rivalry from thedeposition of Edward II to the downfall of Richard II, Froissartpowerfully portrays the deeds of knights in battle at Sluys, Crecy,Calais and Poitiers during the Hundred Years War. Yet they are onlypart of this vigorous portrait of medieval life, which also vividlydescribes the Peasants' Revolt, trading activities and diplomacyagainst a backdrop of degenerate nobility. Written with the samesense of curiosity about character and customs that underlies theworks of Froissart's contemporary, Chaucer, the Chronicles are amagnificent evocation of the age of chivalry.
【作者简介】
Jean Froissart was born in Valenciennes (c.1337) andcame to England in 1361 where he joined the entourage of EdwardIII's Queen. While in England he travelled to Scotland and theWelsh Marshes and to the Continent seveal times, finally settlingin the Netherlands on the death of the Queen. He finally took holyorders, before returning to England in the court of Richard II,whose downfall he recorded in 1399. His first book of theChroniques was published in three versions, the second book wascompleted by 1388 and the third in 1390. He was still working onthe fourth when he died c.1410. Geoffrey Brereton edited andtranslated several modern dramatists including Claudel, Sartre andAdamov, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Hedied in 1979.
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