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Jean de Meun, the Glossary

Jean de Meun (or de Meung) was a French author best known for his continuation of the Roman de la Rose.^[1]

37 relations: Aelred of Rievaulx, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Boethius, Charles I of Anjou, Christine de Pizan, Conradin, Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques, De re militari, Dominican Order, Fabliau, Frederick Startridge Ellis, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gerald of Wales, Guillaume de Deguileville, Guillaume de Lorris, Héloïse, Heraldic courtesy, Holy See, Jean Gerson, Manfred, King of Sicily, Mendicant orders, Meung-sur-Loire, Monorhyme, On the Consolation of Philosophy, Peter Abelard, Petrarch, Philip IV of France, Political satire, Quatrain, Roman de la Rose, Rutebeuf, Sicily, The Romaunt of the Rose, Topographia Hibernica, University of Paris, Vegetius, William of Saint-Amour.
1240 births
1305 deaths
13th-century French writers

Aelred of Rievaulx

Aelred of Rievaulx, O Cist.

Bibliothèque nationale de France

The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages.

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Charles I of Anjou

Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou.

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan or Pisan (born Cristina da Pizzano; September 1364 –), was an Italian-born French poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.

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Conradin

Conrad III (25 March 1252 – 29 October 1268), called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin (Konradin, Corradino), was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen.

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Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques

The Couvent Saint-Jacques, Grand couvent des Jacobins or Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques was a Dominican monastery on rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France.

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De re militari

De re militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters"), also Epitoma rei militaris, is a treatise by the Late Latin writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus about Roman warfare and military principles as a presentation of the methods and practices in use during the height of the Roman Empire and responsible for its power.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Fabliau

A fabliau (plural fabliaux) is a comic, often anonymous tale written by jongleurs in northeast France between c. 1150 and 1400.

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Frederick Startridge Ellis

Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830–1901) was an English bookseller and author.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (– 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Cymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian.

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Guillaume de Deguileville

Guillaume de Deguileville (1295 - before 1358) was a French Cistercian and writer. Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Deguileville are 13th-century French writers.

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Guillaume de Lorris

Guillaume de Lorris was a French scholar and poet from Lorris. Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris are 13th-century French poets, 13th-century French writers, French fantasy writers and French male poets.

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Héloïse

Héloïse (c. 1100–01? – 16 May 1163–64?), variously Héloïse d'ArgenteuilCharrier, Charlotte.

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Heraldic courtesy

Heraldic courtesy or courtoisie (French) is a practice typical of the heraldry of Germany (or more generally the former Holy Roman Empire), in which coats of arms are mirrored if necessary so that animate charges, such as lions, face the center of a composition.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Jean Gerson

Jean Charlier de Gerson (13 December 1363 – 12 July 1429) was a French scholar, educator, reformer, and poet, Chancellor of the University of Paris, a guiding light of the conciliar movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance.

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Manfred, King of Sicily

Manfred (Manfredi di Sicilia; 123226 February 1266) was the last King of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, reigning from 1258 until his death.

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Mendicant orders

Mendicant orders are, primarily, certain Roman Catholic religious orders that have adopted for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially to the poor.

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Meung-sur-Loire

Meung-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department, north-central France.

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Monorhyme

Monorhyme is a passage, stanza, or entire poem in which all lines have the same end rhyme.

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On the Consolation of Philosophy

On the Consolation of Philosophy (De consolatione philosophiae), often titled as The Consolation of Philosophy or simply the Consolation, is a philosophical work by the Roman philosopher Boethius.

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Peter Abelard

Peter Abelard (Pierre Abélard; Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. Jean de Meun and Peter Abelard are French male poets.

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Petrarch

Francis Petrarch (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Francesco Petrarca), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the earliest humanists.

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Philip IV of France

Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314.

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Political satire

Political satire is a type of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics.

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Quatrain

A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.

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Roman de la Rose

Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose) is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision.

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Rutebeuf

Rutebeuf (or Rustebeuf) (fl. 1245 – 1285) was a French trouvère (poet-composers who worked in France's northern dialects). Jean de Meun and Rutebeuf are 13th-century French poets and French male poets.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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The Romaunt of the Rose

The Romaunt of the Rose (The Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le Roman de la Rose (Le Roman).

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Topographia Hibernica

Topographia Hibernica (Latin for Topography of Ireland), also known as Topographia Hiberniae, is an account of the landscape and people of Ireland written by Gerald of Wales around 1188, soon after the Norman invasion of Ireland.

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University of Paris

The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.

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Vegetius

Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, known as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century).

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William of Saint-Amour

William of Saint-Amour was an early figure in thirteenth-century scholasticism, chiefly notable for his withering attacks on the friars. Jean de Meun and William of Saint-Amour are 13th-century French writers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Meun

Also known as Jean Clopinel, Jean Clopinel de Meun, Jean de Mehun, Jean de Meung, Jehan de Meung, Meun, Jean Clopinel de.

Jean de Meun, the Glossary

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1240 births

1305 deaths

13th-century French writers

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