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Diederik van Assenede

Diederic van Assenede was a 13th-century poet who worked as a clerk of the Count of Flanders. He was the author of a Middle Dutch version of the story of Floris and Blancheflour.

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Diederik van Assenede

Identificatie Titel(s): Fotoreproducties van twee tekeningen naar muurschilderingen in de Schepenzaal in het Stadhuis van Kortrijk, voorstellende Diederik van Assenede voor de Maagd van Kortrijk en Siger van Kortrijk La Dame de Courtrai et Dirc Van Assenede (titel op object) Siger de Courtrai (titel op object)

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Born
1230
Died
1290
Occupation
poet · writer · translator
Known for
Floris ende Blancefloer

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Diederic van Assenede was a 13th-century poet who worked as a clerk of the Count of Flanders. He was the author of a Middle Dutch version of the story of Floris and Blancheflour.

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