Jean Froissart
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Jean Froissart was a French-speaking medieval author and court historian from the Low Countries who wrote several works, including Chronicles and Meliador, a long Arthurian romance, and a large body o
Posthumous portrait in the Recueil d'Arras (16th century)
Froissart's statue in the Louvre
Statue of Froissart in Chimay, Belgium
Valenciennes
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Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Jean Froissart
…as a reliable reference to the historical author. This is why de Looze has characterised these works as 'pseudo-autobiographical'. Froissart came from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut, situated in the western tip of the Holy Roman Empire, bordering France. Earlier scholars have suggested that his father was…
The Hôtel de Ville (City Hall)
The Hôtel de Ville (City Hall)
Museum of Fine Arts of Valenciennes
The Dodenne Tower