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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780140442007
- Titel
- Chronicles
- Författare
- Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? - Brereton, Geoffrey.
- Förlag
- Harmondsworth : Penguin Books
- Utgivningsår
- 1978
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Crécy ; 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 Peter the Cruel ; The sack of Limoges ; The turn of the tide ; Du Gueselin appointed constable ; La Rochelle goes over to the French ; John of Gaunt's fruitless expedition ; The end of a reign -- Book two (1376-85). Papal affairs and the Great Schism ; The Great Schism ; The Peasant's Revolt in England ; Affairs of Flanders ; Battle of Roosebeke ; Charles VI marries Isabella of Bavaria.
Book three (1386-8). At the court of the Count of Foix ; The haunting of Sir Peter ; Reminiscences of the Bascot de Mauléon, freebooter ; The tale of the familiar ; Preparations for a French invasion of England ; Trial by combat ; Richard II's first struggle with his uncles ; John of Gaunt's expedition to Spain ; The Battle of Otterburn (Chevy Chase) -- Book four (1389-1400). Queen Isabella's entry into Paris ; A royal visitation ; Tournament at Saint-Inglevert ; The Duke of Touraine in trouble ; The death of the Count of Foix ; Charles VI goes mad ; Froissart revisits England ; The English in Ireland ; Two marriages ; The downfall of Richard II ; The murder of Gloucester ; The challenge and Bolinbroke's banishment ; Richard loses control ; The return of Bolingbroke ; The surrender of King Richard ; Richard's abdication ; Coronation of Bolingbroke ; Plots against Henry IV ; The end of Richard of Bordeaux -- Notes in form and glossary -- Map: France and neighbouring territories in the fourteenth century.
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Harmondsworth : Penguin Books
9780140442007
