Froissart

[ froi-sahrt; French frwa-sar ]

noun

1. Jean [zhah, n], 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.

Froissart

/ frwasar /

noun

1. FroissartJean?1333?1400MFrenchHISTORY: chroniclerWRITING: poet Jean (ʒɑ̃). ?1333–?1400, French chronicler and poet, noted for his Chronique , a vivid history of Europe from 1325 to 1400

Example Sentences

The men, says Froissart, 'tore the meat out of each other's hands'; and 'great murmurs arose in the army.'

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According to Froissart, he was 'esteemed the bravest and most enterprising knight in the two kingdoms.'

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Froissart has the word Enclimpostair as the name of a son of the god of sleep, in his poem called Paradis d'Amour.

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He also quotes the expression 'grans danses et grans karolles' from Froissart, ed.

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Such poems, by Froissart and Charles d'Orleans, are still extant.

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