biography
| name: |
Lemaire des Belges, Jean
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pronunciation:
[luhmair day belzh
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1470–c.1525)
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| biography:
| French poet and historian, born in Bavai, Hainault, Belgium. He led a wandering life in the service of various princes, and was often at the court of Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands. Most of his poems are occasional pieces in memory of some prince. His chief work is a legendary romance in prose, Illustrations de Gaule et Singularités de Troie (1513), which shows an active imagination and a modern appreciation of classical antiquity. Other works include Le Temple d'Honneur et de vertu (1503) and Traicté de la Différence des Schismes et de Conciles de l'Eglise. |
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