biography
| name: |
Maerlant, Jacob van
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pronunciation:
[van mah(r)lant]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1225–91)
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| biography:
| Poet, born near Bruges, NW Belgium. He wrote romances of chivalry, but later focused on more edifying and educational subjects, including a rijmbijbel Scholastica (1271, Bible on Rhyme), a book about nature, and historical works. His poems in Wapene Martijn, Der kerken claghe, and Vanden lande van overzee are of outstanding quality. |
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