Froissart presenting his book of love poems to Richard II in 1395. On his return to England in 1395 after an absence of twenty seven years, Sir John Froissart had an interview with the king, to whom he presented his book of love poems, "The Romance of Meliador". After the Froissart MS in the British Museum. Jean Froissart, c. 1337  c. 1405. Medieval French author. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.