See also:

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

GUILLAUME DE See also:

• GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (c. 1300-1377)

MACHAUT (c. 1300-1377)  , See also:

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

French poet and musician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• MACHAULT

Machault near See also:

• RETHEL
• RETHEL, ALFRED (1816–1859)

Rethel in See also:

• CHAMPAGNE

Champagne . See also:

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

Machaut tells us that he served for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years the adventurous See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of Luxembourg, 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 of Bohemia . He followed his 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 to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and, though of peaceful tastes himself, saw twenty battles and a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred tourneys . When John was killed at See also:

• CRECY (Cressy)

Crecy in 1346 Machaut was received at the 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 of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, and on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of John the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good to the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (1350) he received an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which enabled him to devote himself thenceforth to See also:

• MUSIC

music and See also:

• POETRY

poetry . Machaut wrote about 1348 in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of 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 III., king of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre, a See also:

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

long poem much admired by contemporaries, Le Jugement du roi de Navarre . When Charles was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison by his See also:

• FATHER

father-in-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, King John, Machaut addressed him a Contort d'ami to See also:

• CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

console him for his enforced separation from his See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young wife, then aged fifteen . This was followed about 1370 by a poem of 9000 lines entitled La Prise d'Alexandrie, one of the last See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles 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 in this See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . Its See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero was See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre de See also:

• LUSIGNAN

Lusignan, king of See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus . Machaut is best known for the See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange See also:

• BOOK

book telling of the love affair of his old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age with a young and See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady long supposed to be See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes of Navarre, See also:

• SISTER

sister of Charles the See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad; Paulin See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in his edition of the Voir dit (Historie vraie) identified her as Perronne d'See also:

• ARMENTIERES

Armentieres, a noble lady of Champagne . In 1362, when Machaut must have been at least sixty-two years of age, he received a See also:

• RONDEAU (Ital. Rondo)

rondeau from Perronne, who was then eighteen, expressing her devotion . She no doubt wished to See also:

• PLAY

play Laura to his See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch, and the Voir dit contains the See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence and the poems which they exchanged . The See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, which ended with Perronne's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage and Machaut's See also:

• DESIRE

desire to remain her doux See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti, has gleams of poetry, especially in Perronne's verses, but its subject and its length are bothdeterrent to See also:

• MODERN

modern readers .

But Machaut with See also:

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

Deschamps marks a distinct transition . The trouveres had been impersonal . It is difficult to gather any details of their See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• HISTORY

history from their See also:

• WORK

work . Machaut and Deschamps wrote of their own affairs, and the next step in development was to be the self-See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis of See also:

• VILLON, FRANCOIS (1431-c. 1463)

Villon . Machaut was also a musician . He composed a number of motets, songs and See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, also a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass supposed to have been sung at the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of Charles V . This was translated into modern notation by See also:

• PERNE, ANDREW (c. 1519-1589)

Perne, who read a See also:

• NOTICE

notice on it before the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of France in 1817 . Machaut's Oeuvres choisies were edited by P . Tarbe (Rheims and Paris, 1849) ; La Prise d'Alexandrie, by L. de Mas-Latrie (See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, 1877); and Le Livre du voir-dit, by Paulin Paris (1875) . See also F . G . See also:

• FETIS, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1784–1871)

Fetis, Biog. universelle See also:

• DES

des musiciens ...

(Paris, 1862), and a notice on the See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

Instruments de musique an xive siecle d'anres See also:

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

Guillaume de Machaut, by E . Travers (Paris, 1882) .