Jean d'Outremeuse

Jean d' Outremeuse, originally of Jean Price ( born January 2, 1338 Liège, † November 25, 1400 same place ) was a Belgian cleric who in ( French ) verses also wrote a Chronicle addition to an extensive history of Liège, Ly Myreur of Histors ( "Mirror of stories "). He is considered the first civil chronicler.

D' Outremeuse, who received his nickname after the Liege district from which he came, worked at his hometown Prince Bishop's Court. As an avid reader of romances, he began early to compose himself, about the Danish hero Holger Danske Say ( Ogier le Danois ), a work which is now lost. From his three-volume history of Liège, Liège gesture, about 53000 verses are obtained from the first two volumes, only a little from the third band to prose summaries. He tells the story of Liège ruler from the end of the Trojan War.

Both works he finally integrated into his penned in prose Ly Myreur of Histors, a four -volume work, the last band is again lost. The title comes from his copyist Jean de Stavelot, who also wrote a sequel. D' Outremeuse stated that he had spotted his Latin sources critically and am now offering the yield of an audience to which this was not proficient. In fact, he is in dealing with his sources careless, confused places and times, is devoid of any historical and geographical understanding. He adorns the present him stories from arbitrary and thus creates but also colorful descriptions that make the work a fruitful source for the customs and manners of his own time.

As a minor work him a book on the making of gemstones made ​​of glass is attributed Tresorier de philosophie naturelle of pierres precieuses ( " Treasurer of the natural philosophy of precious stones ").