Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris is an anonymous work in Middle French, which is a kind of urban chronicle of the reign of Charles VI and Charles VII (1405 - 1449 AD). ). He was widely known as the most important source of information about life in the French capital in the first half of the 15th century - a period marked by the resumption of the Hundred Years' War and the occupation by the British of a large part of the French kingdom. The diary contains valuable information about the conclusion of the Treaty of Troyes and the surrender of Paris in 1420. the Headquarters of Henry V of England in Mo, Increase in taxes and other economic consequences of war for the population , social conflicts and popular outrages, the Battle of Agincourt , Armagnacs and Burgignons , as well as the activities of Joan of Arc and the trial of her. In addition, the diary has a lot of information about the daily life of citizens: about the prices of food, grain, vegetables and wine, about diseases, natural phenomena, crop failures, insect invasions. The methodical retelling of popular rumors and urban legends, as well as the author's implicit statement of his own opinion about the events described give the diary special value in the eyes of researchers of the medieval mentality. Most likely, the text was written by a priest or theologian associated with the University of Paris . Among the names of the likely authors were the rector of the church of Saint-Nicolas-de-Champs Jean Beaurigout and the canon of Notre Dame de Paris. Jean Chuffart, Rector of the University of Paris , The original composition is not preserved, The oldest manuscript is from the second half of the 15th century and is in the collection of the Vatican Apostolic Library. The diary was first published in excerpts by tienne Pasquier (1596), the full text printed by La Barra (1729). Translation by Alexandre Tutte : "Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405-1449" . Paris. 1881. Electronic version of the text published by vostlit. info.