Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS IX
3. Illustrations XIII
4. Preface XIX
5. Acknowledgments XXIII
6. Abbreviations XXIV
7. INTRODUCTION. Vernacular History, Latin Historiography, Royal Patronage, and the Grandes Chroniques 1
8. PART I. THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED COPIES OF THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES
9. CHAPTER ONE. Philip Ill's Grandes Chroniques 9
10. CHAPTER TWO. Manuscripts Produced during the Reigns of the Last Direct Capetians 30
11. PART II. DYNASTIC CHANGE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF HISTORY IN THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY
12. CHAPTER THREE. Textual and Pictorial Innovation in John the Good's Grandes Chroniques 51
13. CHAPTER FOUR. The Courtly Response in Manuscripts by the Master of the Roman de Fauvel 74
14. PART III. The Grandes Chroniques of King Charles V
15. CHAPTER FIVE. The First Stage of Execution (before 1375) 95
16. CHAPTER SIX. The Second Stage of Execution (c. 1375-77) 106
17. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Third Stage of Execution (after 1379) 116
18. PART IV. Manuscripts Produced during the Reign of Charles VI
19. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Legacy of Charles V 137
20. CHAPTER NINE. Popular Manuscripts and the Religion Royale 145
21. CHAPTER TEN. Advice to the Nobility in Manuscripts Produced in the Style of the Master of the Cité des Dames 153
22. EPILOGUE. The Grandes Chroniques in the Late Fifteenth Century 179
23. APPENDIX I. Artists in Grandes Chroniques Produced c. 1274-1422 183
24. APPENDIX II. Surviving Manuscripts of the Grandes Chroniques and Their Provenance 187
25. Catalogue of Manuscripts 193
26. Notes 269
27. Selected Bibliography 321
28. Index 329