Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405-1449

"Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405-1449" by Alexandre Tuetey is a chronicle covering the period 1405-1449. Written by an unknown author, this account captures politics, war, and everyday life in Paris during the Hundred Years' War and English occupation. The writer records what he witnessed firsthand—from the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War to Joan of Arc's trial—alongside intimate details of daily existence: food prices, weather, wolf attacks, and the suffering of ordinary Parisians. His fierce political loyalties shift dramatically as years of conflict unfold.

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