Jean Marot
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2014) |
| French and Francophone literature |
|---|
| by category |
| History |
| Movements |
| Writers |
| Countries and regions |
| Portals |
Jean Marot (Mathieu, near Caen, 1463 – c. 1526) was a French poet of the late 15th and early 16 century and the father of the French Renaissance poet Clément Marot. He is often grouped with the "Grands Rhétoriqueurs".[1] Jean Marot seems to have disdained his surname and signed "Jean des Marestz".
Biography
Marot was born Jehan Desmaretz [2] at Mathieu, near Caen in 1463. He received a neglected education, and thus did not learn latin, but made up for up for it by studying history, fable and poetry from authors. His verses were enjoyed by Michelle de Saubonne, wife of the Lord of Le château du Parc-Soubise situated in Mouchamps. For this she presented him to Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, and in 1506 he obtained the post of escripvain (poet laureate-cum-historiographer). He became her secretary in 1506 and her official poet.
Jean became the official poet of three French kings Louis XII and Francis I of France. By Anne of Brittany's order, he followed Louis 12th on his expeditions to Genoa and Venice against Julius II, with the express mission of celebrating them. This was done in two poems entitled Voyage de Gênes and Voyage de Venise, in which the use supernatural coexists with historical accuracy. The first poem recounts the capture of Genoa by the armies of Louis 12th in 1506 and the second the victory of the royal troops over the Venetians at Agnadello in 1509.[3] When Louis XII died, Marot entered the service of Francis I of France and composed a poem in which the Nobility, the Church and Labour, i.e. the three orders, plead one after the other the cause of king, who had just aroused discontent by implementing new taxes.
He died in Paris around 1526. His son Clément Marot, the child of his second wife, was then appointed in his place, as valet de chambre to the king Francis I of France, and likewise became a noted poet.[4]
References
- ^ "French Literature: The 16th Century: Language and learning in 16th-century Europe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Mathieu d'hier et d'aujourd'hui #69". Mairie de Mathieu. May 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ Franchet-d'Espèrey, Patrice (2009). Les Arts de l'équitations dans l'Europe de la Renaissance. Arles: Actes Sud. p. 447. ISBN 978-2-7427-7211-7.
- ^ "An Unrecorded Edition..." Retrieved 21 February 2020.
   | This article about a poet from France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |