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meets rebels, from the Gruuthuse Froissart
Jean Froissart (c.
1337 – c.
1405) 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.
Life
Very little is known of Froissart's life and the little that is known comes mainly from Froissart's own Chronicle and his poems. Froissart originated from Valenciennes,
County of Hainaut, and his writings suggest his father was a painter of
heraldrys. Froissart began working as a merchant but soon gave that up to become a clerk. By about the age 24, he had gained significant distinction and carried with him a letter of recommendation from the
King of Bohemia when he became a court poet and a kind of official historian to
Philippa of Hainault, queen consort of Edward III of England.
The memoirs of his time in Philippa's service, between 1361 and
1369, were later put together with reports of other events he had witnessed, in his
Chroniques ("Chronicles"). He took a serious approach to his work:
Je suis de nouveau entré dans ma forge pour travailler et forger en la noble matière du temps passé
("Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past")
1398, from the Gruuthuse Froissart
He traveled around
England, Scotland, Wales, France,
Flanders and Spain gathering material and first-hand accounts for his
Chronicle. He also went with
Lionel of Antwerp to Milan to attend the duke's marriage to the daughter of Galeazzo II Visconti. At this wedding two other significant writers of the middle ages were present,
Chaucer and Petrarch.
After the publication of this first book, and after the death of Philippa, he enjoyed the patronage of
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant among various others. He received rewards—including the
benefice of Estinnes, a village near
Binche and later became canon of
Chimay—which were sufficient to finance further travels, which provided additional material for his work. He returned to England in
1395 but seemed disappointed by the changes since he was last there and what he viewed as the end of chivalry. The date and circumstances of his death are unknown but
St Monegunda of Chimay claims to be the final resting place for his remains although this is unverified.
The text of Froissart's Chronicles is preserved in more than 100 illuminated manuscripts, illustrated by a variety of miniaturists. One of the most lavishly illuminated copies was commissioned by Louis of Gruuthuse, a Flemish nobleman, in the 1470s. The four volumes of
Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) (BNF, Fr 2643 ; BNF, Fr 2644 ; BNF, Fr 2645 ; BNF, Fr 2646 ) contain 112 miniatures painted by the best Brugeois artists of the day, among them Loiset Lyédet, to whom the miniatures in the first two volumes are attributed.
Edward Elgar wrote an overture entitled
Froissart.
Jean Froissart is also known to have been one of the first to mention the use of the verge and foliot, or verge escapement in European clockworks, by 1368.
External links
Bibliography Jean Froissart, compiled by Dr. Godfried Croenen, University of Liverpool
meets rebels, from the Gruuthuse Froissart
Jean Froissart (c.
1337 – c. 1405) 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.
Life
Very little is known of Froissart's life and the little that is known comes mainly from Froissart's own Chronicle and his poems. Froissart originated from Valenciennes, County of Hainaut, and his writings suggest his father was a painter of heraldrys. Froissart began working as a
merchant but soon gave that up to become a
clerk. By about the age 24, he had gained significant distinction and carried with him a letter of recommendation from the King of Bohemia when he became a court poet and a kind of official historian to
Philippa of Hainault, queen consort of Edward III of England.
The memoirs of his time in Philippa's service, between 1361 and 1369, were later put together with reports of other events he had witnessed, in his
Chroniques ("Chronicles"). He took a serious approach to his work:
Je suis de nouveau entré dans ma forge pour travailler et forger en la noble matière du temps passé
("Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past")
1398, from the Gruuthuse Froissart
He traveled around England,
Scotland, Wales,
France, Flanders and Spain gathering material and first-hand accounts for his
Chronicle. He also went with
Lionel of Antwerp to
Milan to attend the duke's marriage to the daughter of
Galeazzo II Visconti. At this wedding two other significant writers of the middle ages were present, Chaucer and Petrarch.
After the publication of this first book, and after the death of Philippa, he enjoyed the patronage of Joanna, Duchess of Brabant among various others. He received rewards—including the benefice of Estinnes, a village near Binche and later became canon of
Chimay—which were sufficient to finance further travels, which provided additional material for his work. He returned to England in
1395 but seemed disappointed by the changes since he was last there and what he viewed as the end of chivalry. The date and circumstances of his death are unknown but St Monegunda of Chimay claims to be the final resting place for his remains although this is unverified.
The text of Froissart's Chronicles is preserved in more than 100
illuminated manuscripts, illustrated by a variety of miniaturists. One of the most lavishly illuminated copies was commissioned by Louis of Gruuthuse, a Flemish nobleman, in the 1470s. The four volumes of
Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) (BNF, Fr 2643 ; BNF, Fr 2644 ; BNF, Fr 2645 ; BNF, Fr 2646 ) contain 112 miniatures painted by the best Brugeois artists of the day, among them Loiset Lyédet, to whom the miniatures in the first two volumes are attributed.
Edward Elgar wrote an overture entitled
Froissart.
Jean Froissart is also known to have been one of the first to mention the use of the verge and foliot, or
verge escapement in European clockworks, by 1368.
External links
Bibliography Jean Froissart, compiled by Dr. Godfried Croenen, University of Liverpool
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