Georges ChastellainL’oultré d’amour pour amour morte (The One Overcome by Love who Died for Love)Ang
Georges Chastellain L’oultré d’amour pour amour morte (The One Overcome by Love who Died for Love) Angers (?), ca. 1470 The Rosenbach Museum and Library, MS 443/21 The Burgundian chronicler and poet Georges Chastellain (ca. 1402/1415–75) was a prominent figure at the Burgundian court, serving dukes Phillip the Good and Charles the Bold with distinction. L’oultré d’amour, written in 214 octosyllabic octets, is an example of what was later called a roman à clef, a narrative describing actual events presented as a fictional account using altered names. -- source link
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