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J097
Century: 14-15
Histories-Gesta
French
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Sex: M- Bio: At the court of Jean de Beaumont (+1357), count of Soissons and brother of the count of Hainaut, 1361-1366 in England (with a visit to Scotland in 1365 and to Brussels in 1366), 1362 clerk of Philippa of Hainaut, queen of England (+1369), 1367 with the Black Prince at the court of Bordeaux, 1369 after Philippa's death under the patronate of her brother-in-law Robert of Namur and court poet of Wenceslas of Luxemburg (+1383) and Joanna of Brabant, from 1383 during c.10 years priest of l'Estinnes-au-Mont, afterwards (until 1391) at the court of Guy II de Châtillon, count of Blois and grandson of Froissart's first patron, c.1384 canon of Chimay, c.1388-90 canon of Lille (?c.1337/+after 1404).-Status author (order, function):
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Location: / - Date: / - Commission:commissioned by Philippa of Hainaut, queen of England.
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Froissart's first writing about the wars and adventures of the English king Edward III from the battle of Poitiers (1356) till 1359/60.
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AINSWORTH (P.), ‘Froissart, Jean’, in: G. Dunphy, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle (Leiden/Boston, 2010) 642-645
BROWN (W.C.), Violence in Medieval Europe (Harlow, 2011) 261-262
DEVAUX (J.), 'From the court of Hainaut to the court of England: the example of Jean Froissart', in: C. Allmand (ed.), War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France (Liverpool, 2000) 1-20
FASSEUR (V.) (ed.), Froissart à la cour de Béarn: l'écrivain, les arts et le pouvoir (Turnhout, 2009)
GRANSDEN (A.), Historical Writing in England, II. c. 1307 tot the Early Sixteenth Century (Londen, 1982) 90
LAMBERT (V.), 'Chronicles of Flanders 1200-1500. Chronicles written independently from 'Flandria Generosa'', in: Verhandelingen der Maatschappij voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde te Gent, 19 (Gent, 1993) 77-83
PRUD'HOMME (C.), 'Jean Froissart à la cour de Richard II: don du livre et mises en scène du pouvoir', in: Mythes à la cour, mythes pour la cour.Actes Du Xiie Congres de La Societe Internationale de Litterature Courtoise (Genève, 2010) 165-177
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Marit Gypen

Update:
2013-06-13 14:17:03