Jean Froissart: An Anthology of Narrative and Lyric Poetry

by Jean Froissart, Kristen Figg, R. Barton Palmer

First published in 2002. Jean Froissart is probably the best known medieval historians. His Chronicle (of the Hundred Years War) is among the top ten historical works in western civilization. In his own time, though, he was better known as a poet. This is the first dual language anthology including excepts from Chroniques , as well as several of his verse and prose.

700 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

About the author

Jean Froissart was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. For centuries, Froissart's Chronicles have been recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th century Kingdom of England and France. His history is also one of the most important sources for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.