Tales from Froissart.

Vitus von Atzinger · Post by **Vitus von Atzinger** » Wed May 30, 2001 11:52 pm

This is MANDATORY reading.

http://www.unipissing.ca/department/history/muhlberger/froissart/tales.htm

Erik Schmidt · Post by **Erik Schmidt** » Thu May 31, 2001 3:54 am

Couldn't agree more. Anyone interested in the MA, particularly 13th to 15th century should read it.
I have it in paperback, with notes reguarding errors. Some parts read just like a novel, hard to put down.
You have to be careful of his interpretation of events though. He was employed by the upper classes and therefore it romantisizes some aspects of their behaviour.

Erik

muttman · Post by **muttman** » Thu May 31, 2001 6:29 am

I am definitly going to check that out!
Thanks!
John

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"and the springfieldians heroicly slaughtered there enemys while they prayed for mercy!"

pdepamiers · Post by **pdepamiers** » Thu May 31, 2001 7:41 am

I am currently rereading the Penquin Classic version. The book is great and gives you a very good feel for how the "nobility" of the 14th century liked to view themselves.

I also recommend the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Penguin did this one as well and it is a good view of how western europeans viewed religion and the world around them. The author is amazingly tolerant of other viewpoints and provides a nice alternative to some of the religous authors of the time.

Another good one to get ahold of, for Comedic purposes, is Boccacio. He has a series of Bawdy tales that are wonderful to resite around the fire.

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Phillipe de Pamiers
Midrealm

Vitus von Atzinger · Post by **Vitus von Atzinger** » Thu May 31, 2001 11:41 am

I think the Penguin edition is pretty lame. Finnvarr's site has all the great stuff not included there...
-V

pdepamiers · Post by **pdepamiers** » Thu May 31, 2001 12:40 pm

I think that Finvarr's site is great for showing "individual" events, he does cover many of the events that are left out of the Penquin book. The benefit to the Penquin book is the ease of the read and the overall context that it lays out.

The best way to read Froissart is to find a reprint of his works that translates the entire work. I have read one in the past but am pulling a blank on the author.

Any ideas?

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Phillipe de Pamiers
Midrealm

Vitus von Atzinger · Post by **Vitus von Atzinger** » Thu May 31, 2001 2:18 pm

I used to have access to the entire Chronicle, which sat in the University of Louisville Library for decades. They sold it at an auction. Bastards.
-V

DanNV · Post by **DanNV** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 2:09 pm

The only thing to keep in mind when reading his chronicles is that his sources were frequently thrid hand and for events he was nowhere near. If he didn't have information or the inforamtion he had wasn't exciting enough things got made up. This is apparently common in that tpye of writing at the time. (Kind of like Victorian "research".) So, the stories may be good and they certainly give a feel for how the audience wanted to view the vents and people, the facts may have been stretched quite a bit in the writing.

Dan