Marie de France
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Marie de France was a 12th-century poet, considered one of the earliest known female writers in French, renowned for her lais and other narrative works in the Anglo-Norman literary tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marie de France canonical | 7 |
| Lais of Marie de France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Marie de France Context triple: [Anglo-Norman, hasNotableAuthor, Marie de France]
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Wace
Wace was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman poet and chronicler best known for his verse histories of the Norman dukes and the legends of King Arthur.
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Idelette de Bure
Idelette de Bure was the wife of Protestant Reformer John Calvin, a former Anabaptist widow who supported his ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva.
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The Gawain Poet
The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
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William Langland
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
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E.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Marie de France Target entity description: Marie de France was a 12th-century poet, considered one of the earliest known female writers in French, renowned for her lais and other narrative works in the Anglo-Norman literary tradition.
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A.
Wace
Wace was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman poet and chronicler best known for his verse histories of the Norman dukes and the legends of King Arthur.
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B.
Idelette de Bure
Idelette de Bure was the wife of Protestant Reformer John Calvin, a former Anabaptist widow who supported his ministry in Strasbourg and Geneva.
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C.
The Gawain Poet
The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
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D.
William Langland
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
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E.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century writer
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Anglo-Norman poet ⓘ French-language poet ⓘ female writer ⓘ medieval poet ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Henry II of England
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surface form:
Henry II of England (court milieu)
Plantagenet court ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly literature
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fable ⓘ hagiography ⓘ lai ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasWorkCount |
12 lais (traditionally attributed)
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over 100 fables (traditionally attributed) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arthurian legend
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surface form:
Arthurian romance tradition
later medieval French narrative poetry ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
adapting Aesopic fables into Anglo-Norman French
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being one of the earliest known female writers in French ⓘ composing narrative lais ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Anglo-Norman
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surface form:
Anglo-Norman French
Old French ⓘ |
| legacy |
central figure in the study of medieval French literature
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important early voice in women’s literary history ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short narrative verse tales ⓘ |
| movement | courtly literature movement ⓘ |
| name | Marie de France self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Espurgatoire Seint Patriz
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Fables ⓘ La Vie seinte Audree ⓘ Marie de France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lais of Marie de France
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| regionOfOrigin | France (probable) ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | identity possibly linked to various historical Maries but unconfirmed ⓘ |
| selfIdentification | describes herself as "Marie" and "from France" in her prologues ⓘ |
| sourceOfInspiration |
The Ant and the Grasshopper
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surface form:
Aesop’s fables
Breton oral tales ⓘ classical and Christian moral traditions ⓘ |
| theme |
chivalry
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courtly love ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ supernatural and fairy elements ⓘ |
| uncertainDetail |
exact dates of birth and death unknown
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exact identity unknown ⓘ |
| writingForm | octosyllabic rhyming couplets ⓘ |
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Subject: Marie de France Description of subject: Marie de France was a 12th-century poet, considered one of the earliest known female writers in French, renowned for her lais and other narrative works in the Anglo-Norman literary tradition.
Referenced by (8)
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