Froissart's Chronicles  

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Froissart's Chronicles (or Chroniques) are a prose chronicle of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart. The Chronicles open with the events leading up to the deposition of Edward II in 1326, and cover the period up to 1400, recounting events in western Europe, mainly in England, France, Scotland, the Low Countries and the Iberian Peninsula, although at times also mentioning other countries and regions such as Italy, Germany, Ireland, the Balkans, Cyprus, Turkey and North Africa.

Synopsis

Some of the important events recorded in Froissart's Chronicles:

Book I 1322–1377

• Edward II deposed and accession of Edward III (1327)
• Execution of Hugh the younger Despenser (1326)
• Edward III's campaign in Scotland (1327)
• Edward III's marriage to Philippa of Hainault (1328)
• Edward III's feudal homage to Philip VI of Valois (1331)
• Edward III's search for allies in the Low Countries against Philip VI of Valois
• The Thiérache campaign (1339)
• Battle of Sluys (1340)
• The Siege of Tournai (1340)
• The Breton war of succession (1340-1364)
• The Earl of Derby's campaign in Gascony (1344-1345)
• Battle of Crécy (1346)
• The Siege of Calais (1346-1347)
• Battle of Neville's Cross (1346)
• Battle of Winchelsea (1350)
• Battle of Poitiers (1356)
• Étienne Marcel leads a merchant revolt in Paris (1358)
• The Jacquerie (1358)
• The Free Companies
• The Black Prince's campaigns in the south of France
• Edward III's Rheims campaign (1359-1360)
• The Peace of Brétigny (1360)
• The Battle of Brignais (1362)
• The death of King John II of France (1364)
• The battle of Cocherel (1364)
• The battle of Auray (1364); the end of the Breton succession war
• The Castilian Civil War (1366-1369): the Black Prince's campaigns on the Iberian Peninsula; the battle of Nájera (1367); the battle of Montiel (1369)
• The sack of Limoges (1370)
• The battle of Chizé (1373)
• The deaths of the Black Prince and Edward III (1377); accession of Richard II

Book II 1376–1385

• The start of the Great Schism (1378)
• The Ghent Revolt (1379-1385)
• The Peasants' Revolt in England (1381)
• The Battle of Roosebeke (1382)
• The marriage of Charles VI to Isabella of Bavaria

Book III 1386–1388

• The French preparations for an aborted invasion of England
• The final trial by combat ordered by French courts between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris
• Richard II in conflict with his uncles
• The Battle of Otterburn

Book IV 1389–1400

• The Bal des Ardents at a festival in honor of Isabeau of Bavaria
• A tournament in Smithfield held by Richard II
• The death of Gaston III "Fébus" of Foix-Béarn
• The madness of Charles VI
• Richard II deposed and accession of Henry IV
• Battle of Nicopolis and massacre of the prisoners