Jean Bodel
Jean Bodel , actually Jehan Bodel , (* around 1165 in Arras ; † around 1209 there ) was an old French minstrel ( Ménestrel ) and medieval poet.
Bodel lived in the rich cloth weaver town of Arras, which was then part of Burgundy , and wrote his works in Old Picardy , the dialect of his homeland. His oeuvre contains, among other things, the first dramatic text in French literary history to be handed down by the name of the author. It is Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas ("Game of St. Nicholas", a so-called Fabliau poem) , which premiered on December 5, 1201 . In his youth, the author wrote La Chanson des saisnes (1180, "Song about the Saxon War " ... Charlemagne against Widukind), which goes back to older models and forms a bridge to the traditions of the early Middle Ages.
Bodel, who wanted to join a crusade around 1202 , fell ill with leprosy before he left . His last work was a farewell song , a so-called cone , which was very well received. For centuries it served as a model for works by other artists, albeit not always with a similarly tragic background. Bodel finally died in 1209 in a leper institution in his hometown Arras.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Bodel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bodel, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bodel, Jehan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Old French minstrel and medieval poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1165 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1209 |
| Place of death | Arras |