The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Robert Walker is in Painters.
In 1599 Robert Walker was born.
Around 1637. Robert Walker (age 38). Self-Portrait.
Around 1644. Robert Walker (age 45). Portrait of John Acland 1st Baronet (age 53).
After 1st July 1644. Robert Walker (age 45). Portrait of John Evelyn (age 23). See Diary Entry 1st July 1664.
Around 1645. Robert Walker (age 46). Self-Portrait.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st July 1648. I sate for my picture, in which there is a Death's head, to Mr. Walker (age 49), that excellent painter.
Note 1. See Portrait by Robert Walker.
Around 1649. Robert Walker (age 50). Oliver Cromwell (age 49).
Around 1650. Robert Walker (age 51). Portrait of Henry Ireton (age 39).
Around 1650. Robert Walker (age 51). Portrait of Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 27).
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 6th August 1650. To Mr. Walker's (age 51), a good painter, who showed me an excellent copy of Titian.
Around 1652. Robert Walker (age 53). Portrait of General John Lambert (age 32).
In 1653. Robert Walker (age 54). Portrait of Elizabeth Bourchier (age 55).
Elizabeth Bourchier: In 1598 she was born to John Bourchier. On 22nd August 1620 Oliver Cromwell and she were married. In 1665 she died.
In 1654. Robert Walker (age 55). Portrait of William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 27).
Around 1654. Robert Walker (age 55). Portrait of Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 36).
Before 1658. Robert Walker (age 58). Portrait of Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness (age 35).
In 1658 Robert Walker (age 59) died.