Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 1400 – 20 July 1453) was a French chronicler. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family of the minor nobility.
Life
In 1436 and later he held the office of lieutenant of the gavenier (i.e. receiver of the gave, a kind of church rate) at Cambrai, and he seems to have made this city his usual place of residence. He was for some time bailiff of the cathedral chapter and then provost of Cambrai.[1] He was married and left some children when he died.[2]
Little else is known about Monstrelet except that he was present, not at the capture of
Monstrelet's own writings, dealing with the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, are valuable because they contain a large number of authentic documents and reported speeches. The author, however, shows little power of narration; his work, although clear, is dull.[citation needed] His somewhat ostentatious assertions of impartiality do not cloak a marked preference for the Burgundians in their struggle with France.[2]
Among many editions of the Chronique may be mentioned those of J.-A. Buchon (1826) and the one edited for the Société de I'histoire de France by M Doüet-d'Arcq (Paris, 1857–1862). See Auguste Molinier, Les Sources de I'histoire de France, vols. IV and V (Paris, 1904).[2]
Works
- Doüet-d'Arcq, L., ed. (1857). Chroniques d'Enguerrand de Monstrelet: en deux livres, avec pièces justificatives. Collection des chroniques nationales françaises (nouvelle ed.). Paris: Mme. Ve J. Renouard.
References
- ^ a b Wijsman, Hanno.1600_ History in Transition. Enguerrand de Monstrelet’s Chronique in Manuscript and Print (c. 1450-c. 1600). Academia.edu. Retrieved July 23, 2012
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Turnbull, Stephen, Tannenberg 1410, Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2003, p.18, ISBN 978-1-84176-561-7
Sources
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Monstrelet, Enguerrand de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 745. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Works by Enguerrand de Monstrelet at Project Gutenberg
- The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, translated by Thomas Johnes, vol. 1 (1840), vol. 2 (1849) on Google Books.