biography
pronunciation:
[frwasah(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1333–c.1404)
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| biography:
| Historian and poet, born in Valenciennes, N France. He served Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III of England (1361–9), and also travelled widely in Scotland, France, and Italy. Returning to Hainault, he began to compile his Chronicles, wrote poems for noble patrons, and became private chaplain to Guy of Châtillon. His Chronicles, covering European history from 1325 to 1400, deal in particular with the Hundred Years' War, and were heavily influenced by his devotion to chivalric principles. |
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