Chroniques de Jean Froissart, vol. 1

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Background Essay
Title: Chroniques de Jean Froissart, vol. 1
Digital Image Rights Holder: The Newberry Library
Author / Contributor: Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Caulier, Jean, scribe
Type of Resource: Manuscript book
Genre: Narrative
Date Issued: 1425/1450
Language: Middle French, 1400-1600
Physical Description: Fol. 140r-141v of 282 leaves: paper, 37 x 25.8 cm
Script: Gothic cursiva currens
Decoration: Line fillers
Red initials
Provenance: Hamme, Guilielmus, van, act. 1659, former owner
Favier, Jean, abbot in Lille, former owner
Purchased by the Newberry from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, in 1938
Reading Difficulty: Introductory
Topic: Major Events
Government and Politics
Notable People
Subject: French language--Foreign countries
John II, King of France, 1319-1364
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
Innocent VI, Pope, d.1362
Historiography
Hundred Years' War (1339-1453)
Region: Belgium
Time Period: 1400-1449
Repository: The Newberry Library
Call Number: Newberry VAULT folio Case MS 37.1