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Guillaume de Mauchet
Title: Guillaume de Mauchet
Category: Literature / English
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Guillaume de Mauchet
handout: Guillaume de Machaut
Noelle Chamorro, September 19, 2000
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Born to commoners, Machaut came from humble origins in the Champagne -Ardenne region of Northern France.
He was educated in theology and letters with a master of arts degree.
He became almoner (secretary) to Jean of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, in 1323.
Machaut married Jean of Luxembourg’s daughter, Bonne.
His duties as almoner included accompanying the king on his crusades. This experience gave Machaut valuable …showed first 75 words of 382 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 382 total…the dissemination of his work throughout Europe, and his decisive influence on subsequent generations of writers and composers testifies to his greatness (Wimsatt 77).
Guillaume de Machaut’s greatest importance probably results from his influence on Chaucer’s works.
Sources
The Encyclopedia Brittanica. 12th ed. “Guillaume de Machaut.”
Wimsatt, James. Chaucer and the French Love Poets. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968.
Wimsatt, James. Chaucer and His French Contemporaries. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.
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