Eberhard of Béthune (also known as Everard of Béthune, Évrard de Béthune, Éverard de Béthune, Ebrardus Bethuniensis or Bithuniensis, Eberhardus Bethuniensis, Eberard, Ebrard, Ebrad; d. c. 1212) was a Flemish grammarian of the early thirteenth century, from
Arras
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. He was the author of ''Graecismus'', a popular
Latin grammatical poem, dated to c. 1212. The name came from a short section on the
Greek language
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. His ''Laborintus'' is "an elaborate and critical treatise on poetry and pedagogics"; it is also known as ''De Miseriis Rectorum Scholarum''.
He was also actively engaged against the
Waldensians
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Originally known as the "Poor Men of Lyon" in ...
, and wrote a book ''Liber Antihaeresis'' (c 1210) against them. He is cited in ''
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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'' as to the etymology of the name.
References
Further reading
*Anne Grondeux (2001), ''Le Graecismus d'Évrard de Béthune à travers ses gloses''
*Anne Grondeux (2010), ''Glosa super Graecismum Eberhardi Bethuniensis Capitula I–III: de figuris coloribusque rhetoricis''
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Flemish writers (before 1830)
Linguists from France
Medieval linguists
Persecution of the Waldensians
13th-century Latin writers