Georges Chastellain

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– 1475

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Who was Georges Chastellain?

Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet, was a native of Aalst in Flanders. Chastellain's historical works are valuable for the accurate information they contain. As a poet he was famous among his contemporaries. He was the great master of the school of grands rhétoriqueurs, whose principal characteristics were fondness for the most artificial forms and a profusion of Latinisms and graecisms.

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  • France
Died
1475
Valenciennes

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on July 23, 2013

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