Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Enguerrand de Monstrelet (* 1390 in Montrelet; † July 20, 1453 ) was a French chronicler. He is the author of Chroniques de Monstrelet, which was written for the house of Luxembourg - Ligny and events of the years 1400 to 1444 records.

Enguerrand of Monstrelet comes from the nobility of Picardy, and was contemporary sources indicate that, equerry Jean de Luxembourg's in the region of Abbeville. In the service of Duke Philip the Good, he took in 1430 at the negotiations burgundy with Jeanne d' Arc part. 1436 he was a tax collector in Cambrai ( he was responsible for the " Gavenne ", a local tax, which raised the Count of Flanders as patron of the bishop of Cambrai ). In 1444 he was governor of Cambrai, in the following year Bailli of Walincourt.

As a chronicler, he is regarded as the successor to Jean Froissart. Mathieu d' Escouchy, another chronicler, reported that he had in 1444 stopped his records. Following the custom of the time, his chronicle was extended by other works by the year 1516. Monstrelet himself died in 1453.

The Chroniques de Monstrelet stand on the side of Burgundy, at that time one of the two parties in the struggle for power in France. His report is about the Hundred Years War, which took place before his eyes. Monstrelet is not known for his literary style, his partisanship is clear, even though he maintained his neutrality. Nevertheless, he is one of the main sources for his time, his chronicles are probably due to the authentic documents and the statements which they contain valuable.

Monstrelets bones were found in 1959 in the Chapel of the Récollets in Cambrai in 1962 and buried near the church door again.

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• Born in the 14th century
• Died in 1453
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