Alain Chartier

Alain Chartier (c.1385 - 1430) was a French poet and political writer.

He was born in Bayeux to a family marked by considerable ability. His eldest brother Guillaume became bishop of Paris; and Thomas Chartier became notary to the king. Jean Chartier, a monk of St Denis, whose history of Charles VII is printed in vol. III. of Les Grands Chroniques de Saint-Denis (1477), is also said to have been a brother of the poet.

Alain studied, as his elder brother had done, at the University of Paris. He then went to work for the Duke Louis and Yolande of Anjou, whose daughter Marie was engaged to the youngest son of Charles VI. He followed the fortunes of the dauphin, afterwards Charles VII, acting in the triple capacity of clerk, notary, and financial secretary. He later would become a member of several important ambassadorial trips, serving as orator and secretary for Charles VII, travelling to Vienna and Buda to see Sigismund; to Venice to appear before the Senate, to Rome to deliver a letter t…more

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	Scotland's Royal Women and European Literary Culture, 1424 - 1587 (Texts and Transitions, 14) by Emily Wingfield it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Introduction to Literary Debate in Late Medieval France: From Le Roman de la Rose to La Belle Dame sans Mercy by Joan E. McRae really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2024 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debate and Dialogue: Alain Chartier in His Cultural Context (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs) by Emma Cayley it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chartier in Europe (Gallica, 11) by Emma Cayley (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Companion to Alain Chartier (c.1385 - 1430): Father of French Eloquence by Daisy Delogu (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Étude sur Alain Chartier: Thèse Présentée a la Faculté des Lettres de Paris by Didier Delaunay 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1876 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars