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.

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Label Occurrences
Marie de France canonical 7
Lais of Marie de France 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century writer
Anglo-Norman poet
French-language poet
female writer
medieval poet
activePeriod 12th century
associatedWith Henry II of England
surface form: Henry II of England (court milieu)

Plantagenet court
countryOfActivity Kingdom of England
culturalContext Anglo-Norman literature
genre courtly literature
fable
hagiography
lai
narrative poetry
hasWorkCount 12 lais (traditionally attributed)
over 100 fables (traditionally attributed)
influenced Arthurian legend
surface form: Arthurian romance tradition

later medieval French narrative poetry
isKnownFor adapting Aesopic fables into Anglo-Norman French
being one of the earliest known female writers in French
composing narrative lais
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Old French
legacy central figure in the study of medieval French literature
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
Fables
La Vie seinte Audree
Marie de France self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lais of Marie de France
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
surface form: Aesop’s fables

Breton oral tales
classical and Christian moral traditions
theme chivalry
courtly love
loyalty and betrayal
moral instruction
supernatural and fairy elements
uncertainDetail exact dates of birth and death unknown
exact identity unknown
writingForm octosyllabic rhyming couplets

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Norman hasNotableAuthor Marie de France
Marie de France name Marie de France self-link
Marie de France notableWork Marie de France self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lais of Marie de France
Fables author Marie de France
Fables attributedTo Marie de France
Espurgatoire Seint Patriz author Marie de France
La Vie seinte Audree associatedAuthor Marie de France