Jacquemart Giélée (often spelt ''Gielée'') was a French poet of the

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born in

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. Around 1288, he wrote a sequel to the Roman de Renart, ''Renart le Nouvel'', of more than 8000 verse. This moralized poem, with

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accents, depicts the struggle between Noble, the lion, and

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, resulting in the triumph of evil. It is an allegory of the society of the time.

Bibliography

* Jacquemart Gielee, ''Renart le Nou, vel'', éd. Henri Roussel, Paris, Société des anciens textes français, 1961. * Henri Roussel, ''Renart le Nouvel et Jacquemart Gielée. Étude littéraire'', Lille, 1984.

External links

: Début du manuscrit 1581 de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gielee, Jacquemart 13th-century French poets Writers from Lille