EUSTACHE See also:

• EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS
• DESCHAMPS, SMILE (1791-1871)

DESCHAMPS  , called See also:

• MOREL

MOREL (1346 ?-14o6 ?), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Vertus in See also:

• CHAMPAGNE

Champagne about 1346 . He studied at See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims, where he is said to have received some lessons in the See also:

• ART

art of versification from See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume de See also:

• MACHAUT, GUILLAUME DE (c. 1300-1377)

Machaut, who is stated to have been his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle . From Reims he proceeded about 136o to the university of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans to study See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and the seven liberal arts . He entered the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's service as royal messenger about 1367, and was sent on See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions to Bohemia, See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary and See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia . In 1372 he was made huissier d'armes to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V . He received many other important offices, was bailli of See also:

• VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

Valois, and afterwards of Senlis, See also:

• SQUIRE

squire to the Dauphin, and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Fismes . In 1380 his See also:

• PATRON

patron, Charles V., died, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• ENGLISH

English burnt down his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Vertus . In his See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood he had been an See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye-See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness of the English invasion of 1358; he had been See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Reims and seen the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march on See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres; he had witnessed the See also:

• SIGNING

signing of the treaty of Bretigny; he was now himself a victim of the English fury . His violent hatred of the English found vent in numerous appeals to carry the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in the famous prophecy 1 that England would be destroyed so thoroughly that no one should be able to point to her ruins . His own misfortunes and the miseries of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France embittered his See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . He complained continually of poverty, railed against See also:

• WOMEN

women and lamented the woes of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . His last years were spent on his Miroir de mariage, a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire of 13,000 lines against women, which contains some real See also:

• COMEDY

comedy .

The See also:

• MOTHER

mother-in-law of French See also:

• FARCE

farce has her prototype in the Miroir . The See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and patriotic poems of See also:

• DESCHAMPS, EUSTACHE
• DESCHAMPS, SMILE (1791-1871)

Deschamps are of much greater value . He does not, like See also:

• FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart, See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast a glamour over the miserable See also:

• WARS

wars of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time but gives a faithful picture of the anarchy of France, and inveighs ceaselessly against the heavy taxes, the vices of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and especially against those who enrich themselves at the expense of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The terrible ballad with the refrain " Sd, de l'argent; sd, de l'argent " is typical of his See also:

• WORK

work . Deschamps excelled in the use of the See also:

• BALLADE

ballade and the See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

chant royal . In each of these forms he was the greatest See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of his time . In ballade See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form he expressed his regret for the See also:

• DEATH

death of Du Guesclin, who seems to have been the only See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man except his patron, Charles V., for whom he ever See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt any admiration . One of his ballades (No . 285) was sent with a copy of his See also:

• WORKS

works to See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, whom he addresses with the words: " Tuesd'amours mondains dieux en Albie Et de la See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose en la terre Angelique." Deschamps was the author of an Art poetique, with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of L'Art de dictier et de fere chancons, balades, virelais et rondeaulx . Besides giving rules for the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of the kinds of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse mentioned in the title he enunciates some curious theories on See also:

• POETRY

poetry . He divides See also:

• MUSIC

music into music proper and poetry . Music proper he calls artificial on the ground that everyone could by dint of study become a musician; poetry he calls natural because 1" De la See also:

• PRO

pro hetie See also:

• MERLIN, ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1762-1833)
• MERLIN, PHILIPPE ANTOINE, COUNT (1754-1838)

Merlin sur la destruction d'Angleterre qui doit brief advenir " (CEuvres, No .

211) . he says it is not an, art that can be acquired but a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift . He See also:

• LAYS

lays immense stress on the See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony of verse, because, as was the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, he practically took it for granted that all poetry was to be sung . The work of Deschamps marks an important See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of French poetry . With him and his contemporaries the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, formless narrations of the trouveres give See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to complicated and exacting kinds of verse . He was perhaps by nature a moralist and satirist rather than a poet, and the force and truth of his historical pictures gives him a unique place in 14th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century poetry . M . Raynaud fixes the date of his death in 1406, or at latest, 1407 . Two years earlier he had been relieved of his See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge as bailli of Senlis, his See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain-spoken satires having made him many enemies at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . His Euvres completes were edited (so vols., 1878–19o1) for the Societe See also:

• DES

des anciens textes See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais by Queux de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Hilaire and Gaston Raynaud . A supplementary See also:

• VOLUME

volume consists of an Introduction by G . Raynaud .

See also Dr E . Hoeppner, Eustache Deschamps (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1904) .