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Jean Froissart

Jean Froissart

1337 –1405

Chronicler, Historian, Canon, Poet, Writer, Heraldist

Lived 68 years

Born in
Valenciennes
Passed away in
Chimay

Jean Froissart (Old and Middle French: Jehan; sometimes known as John Froissart in English; c. 1337 – c. 1405) was a French-speaking medieval author and court historian from the Low Countries who wrote several works, including Chronicles and Meliador, a long Arthurian romance, and a large body of poetry, both short lyrical forms as well as longer narrative poems. For centuries, Froissart's Chronicles have been recognised as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th-century kingdoms of England, France and Scotland. His history is also an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.

Notable works: Froissart's Chronicles, Le paradis d'amour, L'espinette amoureuse, La prison amoureuse, L'orloge amoureus, Lais amoureus, Meliador, Ballades

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Froissart