Birdsall, Jean, trans., The Chronicle of Jean de Venette (Records of Western Civilization, Sources and Studies; no. 50. New York: Columbia University Press) Read this source online
Text name(s): Chronicon ejus rerum in Francia gestarum ab anno 1340, continuatum a monacho S Dionysii anonymo
Number of pages of primary source text: 111
Author(s):
Dates: 1340 - 1368
Archival Reference: BL Arundel 28
Original Language(s):
- Latin
Translation:
- Translated into English.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s):
- France
County/Region:
Record Types:
- Chronicle, Annals
Subject Headings:
- Historiography
- Apocalypticism
- Education / Universities
- Government
- Jews / Judaism
- Muslims / Islam
- Plague and Disease
- Towns / Cities
Apparatus:
- Index
- Bibliography
- Introduction
Comments:
The chronicle of Jean de Venette, a Franciscan friar, chronicles the plague in Paris, particularly the sentiments towards the end of the world, religion, Jews, and other social problems.
Introduction Summary:
Talks about the Jean de Venette, the modern historiography around the author and the text, and gives a short history of the manuscript.
Cataloger: CDB; elc
