Des Anciennes Pompes Funeralles (Societe Des Textes Francais Modernes)

by Jean Lemaire de Belges, Elizabeth A. Brown (Editor), Marie Madeleine Fontaine (Editor)

The texts published by the STFM provide the richest and most varied panorama of French literature from the Renaissance to modern alongside the great names of literature (Ronsard, Corneille, Voltaire or Chateaubriand) and major works and collections (Du Bellay, Rotrou, Saint-Evremond, Scarron, Tristan l'Hermite), there are lesser known authors (Angot de l'Eperonniere, Boindin, Mareschal) and many rare texts, often in their first modern publication.

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Published December 12, 2012

About the author

Jean Lemaire, Jean Le Maire ou Jehan Le Maire (1473-1524) est un poète et un chroniqueur hennuyer, d'expression française. Le lieu de sa naissance est probabement Bavay en Hainaut (Belgique), mais Hargnies, et Belges (un hameau du Hainaut) sont aussi mentionnés. Il se fera appeler "de Belges" en référence au mythique roi gaulois Belgius, le supposé fondateur de Bavay.

Jean Lemaire, Jean Le Maire or Jehan Le Maire (1473-1524) is a French-speaking poet and chronicler. He was probably born in Bavay in Hainaut (Belgium), but Hargnies, and Belges (a hamlet of Hainaut) are also mentioned. He called himself "de Belges" after the mythical Gallic king Belgius, the supposed founder of Bavay.