Contemporary Chronicles of the Hundred Years War: from the Works of Jean Le Bel, Jean Froissart & Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Author: Peter Edmund Thompson
Publisher: London : Folio Society
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 390
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Author: Peter Edmund Thompson
Publisher: London : Folio Society
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 390
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Published: 1966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jehan Le Bel
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 358
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 358
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Edmund Thompson
Publisher: London : Folio Society
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Publisher: anboco
Published: 2016-09-30
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 3736416652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnguerrand de Monstrelet was a French chronicler. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family of the minor nobility. In 1436 and later he held the office of lieutenant of the gavenier (i.e. receiver of the gave, a kind of church rate) at Cambrai, and he seems to have made this city his usual place of residence. He was for some time bailiff of the cathedral chapter and then provost of Cambrai. He was married and left some children when he died. Little else is known about Monstrelet except that he was present, not at the capture of Joan of Arc, but at her subsequent interrogation with Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy. Continuing the work of Froissart, Monstrelet wrote a Chronique, which extends to two books and covers the period between 1400 and 1444, when, according to another chronicler, Mathieu d'Escouchy, he ceased to write. But following a custom which was by no means uncommon in the Middle Ages, a clumsy sequel, extending to 1516, was formed out of various chronicles and tacked onto his work. Monstrelet's own writings, dealing with the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, are valuable because they contain a large number of documents which are certainly, and reported speeches which are probably, authentic. The author, however, shows little power of narration; his work, although clear, is dull, and is strongly tinged with the pedantry of its century, the most pedantic in French history. His somewhat ostentatious assertions of impartiality do not cloak a marked preference for the Burgundians in their struggle with France. Among many editions of the Chronique may be mentioned the one edited for the Société de I'histoire de France by M Douet d'Arcq (Paris, 1857–1862), which, however, is not very good. See A Molinier, Les Sources de I'histoire de France, tomes iv. and v. (Paris, 1904).
Author: David Green
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0300134517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. He also explores how the long war altered governance in England and France and reshaped peoples' perceptions of themselves and of their national character. Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known characters--Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many others--as well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years War's impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost.
Author: Peter Edmund Thompson
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 358
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Published: 1810
Total Pages: 442
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Published: 1810
Total Pages: 496
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