John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
The Bascot de Mauléon, routier captain, travelling companion and interlocutor of Froissart; possibly to be identified with Galhardet de Mauléon, a known associate of Amédée, count of Savoy (coincidentally an acquaintance and patron of the chronicler of Valenciennes).
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
The Bascot de Mauléon, routier captain, travelling companion and interlocutor of Froissart; possibly to be identified with Galhardet de Mauléon, a known associate of Amédée, count of Savoy (coincidentally an acquaintance and patron of the chronicler of Valenciennes).
Louis I of Anjou (1339 - 1384), first count then duke of Anjou, second son of king Jean II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg. He married Marie of Blois, countess of Guise, in 1360. He was appointed duke of Anjou in 1360 and king of Sicily in 1382; died in 1384. He spent several years in the South, but did not enjoy a good reputation in the region.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Jehan Froissart (?1337- ?1404). Poet and chronicler from Valenciennes in the county of Hainault. Author of four Books of Chroniques, of an Arthurian romance (Meliador), and of a considerable body of lyric and crypto-autobiographical and dream poetry inspired in part by the Roman de la Rose and the works of Guillaume de Machaut.
The Bascot de Mauléon, routier captain, travelling companion and interlocutor of Froissart; possibly to be identified with Galhardet de Mauléon, a known associate of Amédée, count of Savoy (coincidentally an acquaintance and patron of the chronicler of Valenciennes).
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Prussia, a historical region extending from the south-eastern coast of the Baltic sea to the Masurian Lake District; it is not to be confused with the former German state of Prussia that derived its name from the region. At present, the historic region is divided between Poland, Russia and Lithuania.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Gaston III, count of Foix, known as Fébus (1331 - 1391), son of Gaston II of Foix and Aliénor de Comminges, whose court the chronicler visited in 1388. Gaston was born in 1331 and succeeded his father in 1343. On 4th August 1348 he married Agnès de Navarre, the daughter of Philippe, count of Évreux and of Jeanne, queen of Navarre, who herself was the daughter of Louis X of France known as the Quarreller, the Headstrong or the Stubborn. Gaston died in 1391. He was the author of a celebrated treatise on hunting entitled Livre de chasse, or the Book of the hunt.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Despite reservations expressed earlier, this expression would seem to confirm that Arnauton du Pin was indeed the proprietor of the Moon Inn. According to the legend accompanying the photographic plate by Didier Sorbé: ‘It was at the Moon Inn that Froissart put up on his arrival in Orthez; the building has been renovated during the 15th-16th centuries’, (Cahier 1, p. 32, numéro 1, in Tucoo-Chala [1994]).
In this way, Froissart indicates that his reputation as chronicler and historian was henceforward guaranteed, even in the Midi. In this conversation, we also learn a good deal about his working methods.
Those who took part in the popular riots and rebellion known as the Jacquerie, May-June 1358. See the article ‘Révoltes populaires’ by Claude Gauvard in DMA, pp. 1206-09.
‘Révoltes populaires’ by Claude Gauvard in DMA, pp. 1206-09
servis, lui et ses gens, en vaisselle. Et quant
je l’oÿ nommer, et vy que le conte de Fois et chascun lui faisoit grant feste,
si demanday a mes sire Espaeng de Lion: "N’est ce pas li escuier qui se parti du chastel de Trigalet quant le duc d’Anjou sist devant
Mauvoisin?""Oil," respondi il, "c’est un bon homme
d’armes pour le present, et un grant capitaine." Sur ceste parole je m’acointay de
li, car il estoit en mon hostel, et m’en aida a accointier un sien cousin gascon
¶ Et ainsi qu’on parole et devi se d’armes, une nuit aprés
soupper seant au feu et attendant la mienuit que le conte de Fois devoit
soupper, son cousin le mist en voie de parler et a recorder de sa vie et des armes ou en son temps il avoit esté, tant de pertes comme de proufis, et trop bien lui en
souvenoit. Si me demanda: "Messire Jehan, avéz vous point en vostre histoire145 ce dont je vous parleray?" Je li respondi:
"Je ne sçay, aie ou non aie. Faictes vostre compte, car je vous oy volentiers parler
d’armes,
car il ne me puet pas de tout souvenir, et aussi je ne puis pas
avoir esté de tout informéz." "C’est voir", respondi li escuiers.
A ces motz il commença son compte et dist ainsi:
¶ "La premiere fois que je fu arméz, ce fu soubz le Captal de Beuck a la bataille de Poitiers, et de bonne es traine
je euz en
ce jour trois prisonniers, un chevalier et deux escuiers, qui me rendi rent l’un par l’autre trois mil frans. L’au tre annee aprés je fu en Pruce avecques le conte de Fois et
le Captal, son cousin, de quel charge j’estoie, et a nostre retour a Meaulx en Brye nous
encloz ou marchié de Miaulx,
et les eussent efforciees et vio lees se Dieu ne nous eust la envoiéz. Bien estoit en leur
puissance, car ilz estoient plus de dix mille, et les dames estoient toutes
seules. Nous les delivrasmes de ce peril, car il y ot mors des Jaques sur la
place, renverséz aux champs, plus de VIM, ne oncques puis ne
se rebellerent. Pour ce temps estoient trieuves entre le roy de France et le roy d’Angleterre, mais le roy de Navarre faisoit guerre pour sa querelle
au regent et au royaume de France. Le conte de Fois retourna
en son païs, mais mon maistre le Captal demoura avecques et en la
compaignie du roy de Navarre, pour ses deniers et a gaiges. Et lors feusmes
nous, avec les aidans que nous avions, ou royaume de France et par especial
en Picardie, ou nous feismes une forte guerre et preismes moult de villes
et de chasteaulx en l’eveschié de Biauvais et en l’eveschié d’Amiens, et
estions pour lors tous seigneurs des champs et des rivieres, et y conquerismes nouspb 225 r
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