Richard de Fournival

Richard de Fournival (* October 10, 1201, † 1259 or 1260 ) was a troubadour.

Richard de Fournival was a son of Roger de Fournival, personal physician of Philip II, and Elizabeth de Pierre. His mother brought from a previous marriage a son named Arnoul with in this marriage, which thus was Richard's stepbrother and 1236 Bishop of Amiens was. Richard was in 1240 in Amiens canons and from 1246 he was at the local chapter Cancellarius. In the same year Bishop Arnoul came from.

Richard exercised and surgical activities. Pope Innocent IV authenticated this on 29 September 1246th From issued in Lyon document also shows that he in this way since the times of Gregory IX. worked. A 1248 -built papal document has official disputes between Richard and the successor Arnouls Bishops, Gerard de Conchy, back.

In his will, Richard decreed that every year on March 1, a requiem should be read for him, for which the income of his estate were to use them in Rouen. In the Archdiocese of Rouen Arnouls cousin was bishop.

Richard left a library. Gerhard over of Abbeville, a friend of William of Saint -Amour, 1271 came to the Sorbonne This includes a written important books Richard catalog entitled " Biblionomia ". Since the stock was publicly available in the library story for the first time, Richard was the founder of the first public library. In the catalog he called names such as Gerard of Brussels and Jordanus Nemorarius which thereby can be classified in time.

Richard is best known for his treatise Bestiaire d' amour, the first secular bestiary, where he is also visualizes itself. He also wrote some poems and songs. He also is the author of the remarkable in the history of probability theory text " De vetula " in question.

Expenditure

(Selection)

  • C. Hippeau: Bestiaire d' amour. Aubry, Paris 1809 ( digitized at Google Books)
  • Paul Klopsch: Medieval Latin Studies and texts Volume II pseudo - ovidius de vetula. 1965, pp. 85ff. (Excerpts from Google Books)
  • Paul Zarifopol: Critical text of the songs Richards de Fournival. Dissertation, Halle an der Saale in 1904
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