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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel, 1290 - 1360
Jean Le Bel
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Hardback.
The chronicles of Jean le Bel are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. This is the first English translation of a work written from eyewitness accounts and personal experience. The chronicles of Jean le Bel, written around 1352-61, are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. They were only rediscovered and published at the beginning of the twentieth century, thoughFroissart begins his much more famous work by acknowledging his great debt to the "true chronicles" which Jean le Bel had written. Many of the ... Read more
The chronicles of Jean le Bel are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. This is the first English translation of a work written from eyewitness accounts and personal experience. The chronicles of Jean le Bel, written around 1352-61, are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. They were only rediscovered and published at the beginning of the twentieth century, thoughFroissart begins his much more famous work by acknowledging his great debt to the "true chronicles" which Jean le Bel had written. Many of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836940
SKU
V9781843836940
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99-50
About Jean Le Bel
NIGEL BRYANT is well known for his lively and accurate versions of medieval French works. His translations of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval and all its continuations and of the extraordinary late Arthurian romance Perceforest have been major achievements; he has also translated Jean le Bel's history of the early stages of the Hundred Years War, and the 13th- and 14th-century ... Read more
Reviews for The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel, 1290 - 1360
By far the most readable medieval chronicle I've read - due to a mix of Le Bel's own prose, which is considered to be a remarkable piece of French literature, and to the skill of the translator. It is also a very useful source for the early years of the Hundred Year's War, giving us a rare idea of how ... Read more