Tag Archives: Medieval History

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

”Jean Froissart was born in the 1330s and died after 1404. Although he was formally a clergyman and held various eccesiastical posts, he devoted himself to literature. His works include romance, poetry, and history, and could easily have been written … Continue reading

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JOUSTING BETWEEN VENUS AND MARS

Though presumably he made neither love nor war, he thoroughly approved of both and took them as subjects for his Chronicles, that grand and noble history of his time, the waning middle ages. Jean Froissart, the poet priest, has imposed … Continue reading

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