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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre is in Painters.
On 14th March 1836 Jules Joseph Lefebvre was born.
1874. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 37). "Odalisque".
1884. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 47). "Sappho".
1890. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 53). "Lady Godiva".
1890. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 53). "Pandora".
1890. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 53). "Pandora".
1890. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 53). "Ophelia".
Before 1911. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 74). Portrait of Frances Margaret Lawrance Baroness Vernon.
Frances Margaret Lawrance Baroness Vernon: she was born to Francis-Lawrance of New York City. On 14th July 1885 George William Henry Venables-Vernon 7th Baron Vernon and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. On 23rd June 1940 she died.
Before 1911. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 74). "Morning Glory".
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Before 1911. Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 74). "Sappho".
On 24th February 1911 Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 74) died.