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See also:JEAN See also:VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE (1536-1608)
, See also:French poet, was See also:born at the See also:chateau of La Fresnaye, near See also:Falaise in See also:Normandy, in 1536
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He studied the humanities at See also:Paris and See also:law at See also:Poitiers and See also:Bourges
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He fought in the See also:civil See also:wars under See also:Marshal Matignon and was wounded at the See also:siege of See also:Saint-L8 (1574)
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Most of his See also:life was spent at See also:Caen, where he was See also:president, and he died there in 16o8
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La Fresnaye was a See also:disciple of See also:Ronsard, but, while praising the reforms of the Pleiade, he laid stress on the continuity of French See also:literary See also:history
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He was a student of the trouveres and the old chroniclers, and desired to see French See also:poetry set on a See also:national basis
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These views he expounded in an See also:Art poetique, begun at the See also:desire of See also: |
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