Martial d'Auvergne
Martial d'Auvergne (Martial of Auvergne, Martial of Paris, 1420 – 13 May 1508) was a French poet. Originally from Auvergne, he served as notary at Châtelet, and later as attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement. • Illustration — Funeral of Charles VIII, from the first page of the earliest manuscript of Martial's Vigiles His most important work is the Les Vigiles de la mort de Charles VII (1493, edited 1724), a versified chronicle of the Hundred Years' War. It was composed between 1477 and 1483, with the first manuscript completed in 1484 and the first edition printed in 1493.
Martial d'Auvergne
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- Died
- 1508 · Paris.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Known for
- La danse macabre des femmes · Les arrets d'amour · Les devotes louanges de Nostre Dame · Les vigiles de la mort de Charles VII · Le trespassement et l'assumption de Nostre Dame · L'amant rendu cordelier a l'observance d'amours
- Languages
- Middle French
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Martial d'Auvergne (Martial of Auvergne, Martial of Paris, 1420 – 13 May 1508) was a French poet. Originally from Auvergne, he served as notary at Châtelet, and later as attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement. • Illustration — Funeral of Charles VIII, from the first page of the earliest manuscript of Martial's Vigiles His most important work is the Les Vigiles de la mort de Charles VII (1493, edited 1724), a versified chronicle of the Hundred Years' War. It was composed between 1477 and 1483, with the first manuscript completed in 1484 and the first edition printed in 1493.
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His other works include Les Louenges de la benoiste Vierge Marie (1492), a devotional poem dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus and the satirical Les Arrêts d’amour (undated, in prose) and L’Amant rendu cordelier à l’Observance d’amour (1490, in verse).
The recorded working language is Middle French. Positions recorded include prosecutor. Works named in the authority record are La danse macabre des femmes, Les arrets d'amour, Les devotes louanges de Nostre Dame, Les vigiles de la mort de Charles VII, Le trespassement et l'assumption de Nostre Dame and L'amant rendu cordelier a l'observance d'amours.
Works recorded as notable number 6: La danse macabre des femmes, Les arrets d'amour, Les devotes louanges de Nostre Dame, Les vigiles de la mort de Charles VII, Le trespassement et l'assumption de Nostre Dame and L'amant rendu cordelier a l'observance d'amours.
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1430
Martial d'Auvergne was born in 1430.
1508
Martial d'Auvergne died on 13 May 1508.
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