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Jean Bodel was a French troubadour and writer active in the 12th century. Born in Arras in 1167, he wrote in French and contributed to medieval literature, French literature, the fabliau genre, chanson de geste, and theatre. His notable works include the Chanson des Saisnes, Le jeu de Saint Nicolas, and Fablaux. He also authored La chanson des Saxons, which was published for the first time by Francisque Michel.
Bodel died in Beaurain in 1210 due to leprosy, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Open Library records indicate he has 20 works, while Europeana Sparql lists three works.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12th cent.
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Le jeu de Saint Nicolas
- Le jeu de Saint Nicolas
- La chanson des Saxons
- Fablaux
- La chanson des Saxons
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1165
- Died
- c. 1210 , Arras
- Occupation
- poet
- Nationality
- French
- Period
- Medieval
- Genre
- chanson de geste , fabliaux
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Arras
- Place of death
- Beaurain
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- French literature
- Genre
- theatre
- Image
- Jehan Bodel - Li congié.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1167-00-00
- date of death
- 1210-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Jean Bodel
- cause of death
- leprosy
- writing language
- French
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Jean Bodel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210), also spelled Jehan Bodel, was an Old French poet who wrote a number of chansons de geste as well as many fabliaux. He lived in Arras.
Writings
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jean Bodel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.