Martial d'Auvergne (Martial of Auvergne, Martial of Paris, 1420 – 13 May 1508) was a
French poet
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Originally from
Auvergne
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, he served as
notary
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at
Châtelet, and later as attorney (''procureur'') for the Paris
parlement
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.
His most important work is the ' (1493, edited 1724), a versified chronicle of the
Hundred Years' War
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. It was composed between 1477 and 1483, with the first manuscript completed in 1484 and the first edition printed in 1493.
His other works include ''Les Louenges de la benoiste Vierge Marie'' (1492), a devotional poem dedicated to
Mary
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, 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).
See also
*
Gilles d'Aurigny
References
* Charles Bataillard, ''Martial de Paris, dit Martial d'Auvergne. Notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages'', A. Hardel, Caen, 1862.
* Gérard Gros, ''Martial d'Auvergne et les Matines de la Vierge : étude sur les formes de la dévotion mariale au temps de Louis XI'', 1994.
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1420 births
1508 deaths
French poets
French male poets