Alain Chartier (Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages)
Early Life
Alain Chartier, the most famous poet of early fifteenth century France, the canon of the Notre-Dame de Paris, a chronicler of his time, and the creator of the literary school known as the Grands Rhétoriqueurs, was born in Bayeux, France, the eldest of three sons of a prominent Norman family. One of his younger brothers, Guillaume, became Bishop of Paris, and another, Thomas, like Alain, held a post as royal secretary and notary. Such distinguished service to the kings of France by the three Chartier brothers suggests that the family enjoyed a certain social...
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