Chronicles [Paperback]

One of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century England and France

Depicting the great age of Anglo-French rivalry from the deposition of Edward II to the downfall of Richard II, Froissart powerfully portrays the deeds of knights in battle at Sluys, Crecy, Calais and Poitiers during the Hundred Years War. Yet they are only part of this vigorous portrait of medieval life, which also vividly describes the Peasants' Revolt, trading activities and diplomacy against a backdrop of degenerate nobility. Written with the same sense of curiosity about character and customs that underlies the works of Froissart's contemporary, Chaucer, the Chronicles are a magnificent evocation of the age of chivalry.

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Acknowledgments
The Chronological Background

Book One (1322-77)
Prologue
The Beginning of a Reign
Deposition of Edward II and Accession of Edward III
The Scots Invade England
Edward III Does Homage to Philip VI
Preliminaries of the Hundred Years War
Battle of Sluys
The Order of the Garter
The Campaign of Crecy
The Siege of Calais
Black Death, Flagellants and Jews
Sea Battle off Winchelsea
The Siege of Breteuil and the Poitiers Campaign
Consequences of Poitiers
The Three Estates; the Free Companies
The Jacquerie
The Last Days of Étienne Marcel
Brigandry, Warfare and Predictions
King John's Return to England and His Death
The Battle of Montiel and Death of Petl³“