Jacques Bretel
Illustration — Jacques Bretel (in red) greeting the knight Conrad Warnier (on horseback), from the chansonnier Douce 308 Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French language trouvère, best known for having written le Tournoi de Chauvency. His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, le Tournoi de Chauvency is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny, in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period.
Also recorded as Jacques Bretex
Jacques Bretel
- Born
- 1210
- Died
- 1272 · Arras.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · troubadour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jacques Bretel (in red) greeting the knight Conrad Warnier (on horseback), from the chansonnier Douce 308 Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French language trouvère, best known for having written le Tournoi de Chauvency. His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, le Tournoi de Chauvency is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny, in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period.
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Born in 1210, died in Arras in 1272.
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