Geoffrey of Paris

Geoffroy de Paris (also Geoffroi de Paris, Geoffrey of Paris, † 1320 ) was a French chronicler, poet, writer and notary public in the office of the kings of France in the late 13th and early 14th century.

Life

There is no reliable information about the life of Geoffroy de Paris.

Work

Geoffroy is probably the author of the Chronique de Philippe le Bel métrique or Chronique de rimée Geoffroi de Paris. This work on the history of France from 1300 to 1316 contains 7,918 stanzas and is valuable because the author was an eyewitness to many of the events described. So he says, among other things, the execution of the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay in 1314 and is the supposed transcript of the curse again.

Various short historical poems are also attributed to Geoffrey. He wrote 1314-1318 also several " dits " in Latin and French, including " Avisemens pour le roy Loys ", "You roy Phelippe qui ores raining ", " De alliatis " and " De la creation du pape Jehan ". Most of his writings deal with current political issues and are addressed to the French kings Louis Philippe X and V.

Works

• Chronique métrique

The work bears the manuscript no title. It is the chronicle of the years 1300 to 1316 and mainly deals with matters of the French royal house, the papacy, Flanders and the Empire from 1308. Chronicle was 1313-1317 and consists of 7,924 French octosyllabic rhymes. The manuscript is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France kept (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, français, 146, f 63ra - 88rc ).

• Avisemens pour le roy Loys

The work was written from 1314 to 1315 addressed to Louis X le Hutin, King of France ( 1289-1316 ) and consists of 1,367 French octosyllabic rhymes. The manuscript is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France kept (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, français, 146, f 46ra - 50rc )