Étienne Tabourot (), seigneur des Accords, also called Tabourot des Accords or Seigneur des Accords (1549–1590) Simonin, Michel, ed. ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle.'' Article "Tabourot (Étienne)", pp.1105-1106, Paris: Fayard, 2001. was a French jurist, writer and poet of the

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Biography

He was born in

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. His uncle, Jean Tabourot (1520-1595), was a writer,

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and religious official in

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. Simonin, Michel, ed. ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle.'' Article "Tabourot (Jean)", p.1106, Paris: Fayard, 2001. Étienne Tabourot did his studies at the College de Bourgogne in Paris and then at the university of

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where he studied law. Returning to Dijon, in 1582 he bought an office of "King's attorney" ("procureur du roi") in the jurisdiction of Dijon and became an active member of the Catholic League during the

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. He died in Dijon.

Works

Tabourot produced two youthful works in Paris: Latin translations of

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's ''Fourmy'' and of

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's ''Papillon''. In 1572, he published a collection of

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s and a dictionary of rhymes, and continued to write poetry throughout his life. In 1587 he published a Latin and French historical portrait of the last four

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. Tabourot is chiefly known for his collections of tales, witticisms, and miscellaneous observations: *''Les Bigarrures'' (i.e., "The Variegations") (Paris, 1572); in 1583 its title was changed to ''Le premier livre des Bigarrures où est traité de toutes sortes de folies'' (i.e., "The First Book of Variegations in which is discussed all sorts of Follies") – a collection of word games, puns, acrostics, etc. *''Les Bigarrures du Seigneur des Accords, quatrième livre'' (1585) (i.e., "The Fourth Book of Variegations of Seigneur des Accords") – commentaries on the education of children, on versification, on witchcraft and fake witches, etc. (the "fourth" of the title being intentionally chosen as an obfuscation). *''Les Touches'' (1585) – a collection of commonplaces in the form of epigrams. *''Les Apopthegmes'' or ''Contes facétieux du sieur Gaulard, gentilhomme de la Franche-Comté bourguignonne'' (i.e., "Humorous Tales of Lord Gaulard, noble of the Burgundian Franche-Comté") (published posthumously in Paris, 1614) – a collection of comedic tales, published with the following: *''Les Escraignes dijonnaises'' (i.e., "The Winter Huts of Dijon") (published posthumously in Paris, 1614) – a collection of popular folk tales.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabourot, Etienne 1549 births 1590 deaths People from the Duchy of Burgundy Writers from Dijon 16th-century French male writers 16th-century French poets French male writers French male short story writers French short story writers