Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy

Depiction probably by Jean Le Fèvre in Burgundian colors in a manuscript from the 15th century

Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy or Lefèbvre de Saint-Remy (* around 1395 in Abbeville ; † June 16, 1468 in Bruges ) was Seigneur de Saint-Rémy, de la Vacquerie , d ' Avesne et de Morienne .

Life

Jean Le Fèvre was a Burgundian chronicler during the Hundred Years War . It was also called "Toison d'or" (Golden Fleece) because of its close ties to the Order of the Golden Fleece . Of noble origin, he took part in the battles of his time, including on the English side in 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt . When Philip the Good of Burgundy founded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1430 , he was appointed king of the coat of arms and thus quickly became influential at the Burgundian court. He often supported Duke Philipp in negotiations with foreign rulers, served as an arbiter in tournaments and various questions of chivalry , where his profound knowledge of heraldry was highly valued. Georges Chastellain describes his age-related resignation from the office of the coat of arms king on the monastic capital of May 1468 in Bruges, a few days before his death.

Potence (necklace) of the heraldic king of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Jean Le Fèvre wrote a Chronique ou Histoire de Charles VI, roy de France , which is largely just a new edition of the work of Enguerrand de Monstrelet , but for the years 1428 to 1436 his own work, which mainly contains valuable information about the There is knighthood at the Burgundian court. He writes more succinctly than Monstrelet, but is just as partial in his attitude towards the dukes of Burgundy. In addition, he is commonly regarded as the author of the “Livre des Faits de Jacques Lalaing ”.

Works

• François Morand (1808–1881) (ed.), Chronique de Jean Le Fèvre Seigneur de Saint-Remy Volume 1 , Volume 2
• Joseph Kervyn de Lettenhove (ed.), Le livre des faits du bon chevalier messire Jacques de Lalaing , in: George Chastellain, Œuvres, Brussels 1863–1866, Volume 8, pp. 188–246. (The attribution of the Chronicle to Chastellain is doubted today)
• Paul Rudnitzki: The tournament novel Livre des faits du bon chevalier Messire Jacques de Lalaing in the Anholter manuscript, together with an excursus about the author, Münster, Aschendorffscher Verlag (Forschungen und Funde, 4, 1), 1915, 26 pp. + 21 pl.

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• Jean Alexandre Buchon , Choix de chroniques et mémoires sur l'histoire de France: avec notices, Volume 2, Paris 1838, pp. Xj – xvj (11–16).
• Sonja Dünnebeil (ed.): The protocol books of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Vol. 1: Duke Philipp the Good (1430–1467), (Instrumenta 9) Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2002 ( ISBN 3-7995-7273-2 ); Vol. 2: The festival in 1468 under Duke Karl dem Kühnen, (Instrumenta 12) Ostfildern 2003 ( ISBN 3-7995-7912-5 ); Vol. 3: The festival in Valenciennes in 1473 under Duke Charles the Bold (Instrumenta 19) Ostfildern 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-7995-7919-3 ).
• Klaus Oschema , Friendship and closeness in late medieval Burgundy: Studies on the field of tension between emotion and institution, Cologne 2006, pp. 209–210. ISBN 9783412365059 .
• Archives de littérature du Moyen Age (Arlima)