Jacques Bretel

Jacques or Jacques Bretel Bretex was a troubadour French late 13th century. More detailed biographical data are unknown.

The only surviving work by him is Le Tournoi de Chauvency ( The Turnie of Chauvency ), which was signed by him and dated with the year 1285. It is a long poem, about 4,500 verses, in which he describes the process of a six -day tournament, which was held by the Count of Chiny in October 1285 Chauvency -le- Château. The poem in French of the 13th century, mixed with Lorraine dialect forms, is one of the masterpieces of French literature of the Middle Ages.

Expenditure

  • Le Tournoi de Chauvency, ed. by Dominique Henriot Waltz, Éditions de la Joyeuserie, Dampicourt, Belgium, 1997.

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  • Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285, Jacques Bretel
  • Troubadour
  • Frenchman
  • Born in the 13th century
  • Died in the 13th or 14th century
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