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It was in his description of the reign of King Stephen of England that de Rapin made perhaps his most enduring contribution to English history: he was the first historian to describe the reign as an "anarchy": "In the fatal anarchy, the barons acting as sovereigns grievously oppressed the people and were so presumptuous as to coin their own money."
As a historian, he put together the first chronicle intended as a complete history of England, very extensive but largely undigested and uncritical. [1] Written in French, in its second version it extends from 688 to 1471, though the added later period covering the Wars of the Roses shows a strong bias towards Burgundy's Yorkist allies.
Gregory is recognized as the "father of French history". [4] Richerus (fl. 10th century), monk and historian [1] Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150–1210), chronicler of the Fourth Crusade; his account of the Conquest of Constantinople is the oldest surviving historical writing in French. [5] Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 1400–1453), chronicler [1]
David Durand (1680 – 16 January 1763) was a Huguenot French and English minister and historian.He was born in Languedoc and fled France to the Netherlands before heading to Spain with a group of refugees, being captured at the Battle of Almanza in 1707 and being sent to France and then escaping to the Netherlands again.
Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420) was a medieval French historian and poet [1] who served as valet de chambre [2] (or squire) [3] to King Charles VI of France in the late fourteenth century. He is most notable, however, for his chronicle [ note 1 ] (written in verse ) that he wrote of his travels to England in 1399, [ 2 ] where he was an eyewitness ...
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville [a] (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), [7] was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian.He is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856).
Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is a movie that French people love to hate. But despite harsh criticism in France, the historical epic smashed the box office and grossed over $9.76 million from 1. ...
The Annales school (French pronunciation:) is a group of historians associated with a style of historiography developed by French historians in the 20th century to stress long-term social history. It is named after its scholarly journal Annales.