Chronicles

Explain in your own words the definition of “primary source.” How does Froissart’s Chronicles fit that definition?

Geoffrey Brereton claims that, despite his pro-aristocratic views, Froissart’s “conscience can be seen as middle class, sentimental and not hierarchal—as, over the next three or four centuries, the whole conscience of Western Europe was to become” (22). What do you believe Brereton means by this? Do you agree with this assessment? Why or why not?

How does Froissart’s Chronicles qualify as literature? Name one specific technique Froissart uses that could be described as literary. What do you believe this technique adds to Froissart’s historical narrative?