Editing Jean Froissart (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Chimay PlJPG.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Statue of Froissart in [[Chimay]], [[Belgium]]]]
Much more than his poetry, Froissart's fame is due to his ''Chronicles''. The text of his ''Chronicles'' is preserved in more than 100 [[illuminated manuscript]]s, illustrated by a variety of miniaturists. One of the most lavishly illuminated copies was commissioned by [[Louis de Gruuthuse]], a Flemish nobleman, in the 1470s. The four volumes of [[Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6)|this copy]] ([[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BNF]], Fr 2643; BNF, Fr 2644; BNF, Fr 2645; BNF, Fr 2646) contain 112 miniatures painted by well-known [[Bruges|Brugeois]] artists of the day, among them [[Loiset Lyédet]], to whom the miniatures in the first two volumes are attributed. Froissart is thought to have been one of the first to mention the use of the verge and [[Foliot (timepiece)|foliot]], or [[verge escapement]] in European clockworks, by 1368.<ref name=":0"/><ref>Ainsworth, Peter, "[https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-the-medieval-chronicle/froissart-jean-SIM_01039?s.num=28&s.start=20 Froissart, Jean]", in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu.</ref>

The English composer [[Edward Elgar]] wrote an overture titled ''[[Froissart Overture (Elgar)|Froissart]]'', inspired by the ''Chronicles''.