Chronicles (Penguin Classics) |
|
|
|
|
This book is also available, brand-new, from 3rd-party marketplace sellers at Amazon.com, from $9.22.
|
The HTML code below can be pasted onto your web-site, your MySpace page, or blog - or any number of similar places - to create a link to this page:
If, instead of a text link, you'd like to create a link to this page which will display the book cover, if it's available, then the code below will do exactly that:
Check for the same book at these other US book sites:
• [ Abebooks ]
• [ Alibris ]
• [ Barnes & Noble ]
• [ Half.com ]
• [ Powells ]
… or check UK bookstores
|
Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
The Chronicles of Froissart (1337-1410) are 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.
|
Other Items You May Enjoy:
Browse Books From These Related Subjects:
Customer Reviews:
• A Must Read For Period Historians
15 February, 2010
Froissart's work, as translated into the modern English by Geoffrey Brereton, provides a glimpse into the history, culture and intrigues of the 100 Years War period from 1322-1400. The abridged work presented here is accessible for any reader. While there are significant abridgements as noted by other reviewers, the work itself is well put together and flows reasonably well, with the abridged pieces described by the editor in italics throughout the book. The translation into the modern English makes the book eminently readable for non-scholars, and the insights into culture, warfare, court life and historical events are both interesting and poignant.
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Penguin Froissart
14 February, 2010
The Penguin edition of Froissart's Chronicles translated from the French by Brereton in 1967 is the best modern English version of this history of the 100 Years' War I have found. It is condensed to apx. 500 pp. and some important passages are left out or paraphrased. There is heavy emphasis and detail on events in England, somewhat neglecting events in France and the continent. Froissart devoted attention in the original to both sides. The Penguin I ordered was new and reasonable priced.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Abridged - Not Complete
19 December, 2006
I bought this for my son. He now tells me that it has only 1/3 of the original work. The cover nowhere states that this has been abridged, edited or selected. My son says it is like abridging Herodotus - not a good idea, and best left to the original reader to decide what is interesting and what isn't.
- Amazon Customer Review
• An Enjoyable Read Of Some Of Froissart
29 July, 2009
If you are coming to Froissart only casually, then this is a fine edition to use. The translation is fluid and the interstitial notes just fine. The work is heavily abridged, of course, but one can expect nothing else from an edition for the reader-on-the-street: the full text of the Chronicles is enormously long, and at almost 500 pages, this volume is already a lengthy read. The selected excerpts are great reading, though one wonders sometimes what one is missing. There is nothing quite like reading a history of times past from the pen of a contemporary master historian: Froissart depicts the customs and conflicts of his day in wondrous vividity and with considerable charm. All in all, a hearty recommendation.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Froissart - Medieval Historian
12 September, 2009
Jean Froissart was a historian, writer and poet who chronicled some of the events of medieval Europe. That his work survives and is widely read to this day is remarkable in itself since Froissart's original books are more than 600 years old. Froissart's importance as a historian, strangely enough, is not because of his primary focus on European conflicts or the chivalrous nobility and in fact, Froissart has been shown to be inaccurate in some areas. The true value of Froissart's perspectives lie in the combination of subjects and the details of his accounts. Froissart wrote contemporary history that was meant to be read and appreciated in his own time. Even if Froissart might be a bit off on the details of a certain battle, we can be sure he related how battles in general were viewed. The same is true for tournaments, dress, food, etiquette, opinions and class perceptions. In a general sense, Froissart gives us much on excellent authority because his contemporary audience would have demanded realism in the particulars of daily life. Froissart presents us with a window into medieval society.
Chronicles is a very enjoyable read as either history or literature. Froissart's chapters are bite-sized and easy to digest. Even those who like medieval style fanatasy may warm to Froissart's realistic descriptions of battle, noble knights and elegant ladies.
- Amazon Customer Review
|
