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Bénigne Poissenot
Bénigne Poissenot (c.1550 – after 1586) Simonin, Michel, ed. ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle.'' Article "Poissenot (Bénigne)", pp.955-956, Paris: Fayard, 2001. was a French writer of the Renaissance, known for two collections of short stories. Biography He was born in Langres. Few details are known of his life. Works *''L'Esté contenant trois journées ou sont deduictes plusieurs histoires et propos recréantifs tenus par trois écoliers'' (''Summer, containing three days during which are narrated several stories and amusing anecdotes told by three students'') (Paris, 1583): a frame tale (as used in Boccaccio's '' Decameron'' and Marguerite de Navarre's '' Heptameron'') narrating several stories and anecdotes by three wandering students. *''Nouvelles histoires tragiques'' (Paris, 1586): a collection of tragic stories in the vogue of the tragic tales of Bandello (as translated by François de Belleforest and Pierre Boaistuau) and other " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Renaissance
The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The period is associated with the pan-European Renaissance, a word first used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define the artistic and cultural "rebirth" of Europe. Notable developments during the French Renaissance include the spread of humanism, early exploration of the "New World" (as New France by Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier); the development of new techniques and artistic forms in the fields of printing, architecture, painting, sculpture, music, the sciences and literature; and the elaboration of new codes of sociability, etiquette and discourse. The French Renaissance traditionally extends from (roughly) the French invasion of Italy in 1494 during the reign of Charles VIII until the death of Henry IV in 1610. This chronology notwithstanding, certain artistic, technological or literary developments associated with the Renaissance ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
