Philippe Mouskes

1220 (age 62)

Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, Belgium

In 1242 or a little beforehand, he was canon and chancellor of the church of Tournai. In 1272 he was elected bishop of Tournai, where he died in 1282. Philippe Mouskes is known for his Chronique rimée (rhymed chronicle) of 31,150 verses, first complete versified chronicle of the kings of France, from the beginnings until Mouskes"s time, probably composed between 1242 and 1272. The Chronique starts with the legend that, following the model of the Eneid, makes the Franks siblings of Trojan exiled after the fall of Troy. The most important part (a third) is devoted to the reign of Charlemagne. lieutenant ends with the reign of Louis IX, in 1242. Imitating versified chronicles like Wace"s chronicle of the dukes of Normandy (12th s), Mouskes reworks materials from the abbey of Saint-Denis. The direct historic value and the literary value of the work appear rather weak and it seems that the Chronique, judging from the number of remaining manuscripts, was "coldly received". lieutenant is known essentially by the extracts that du Cange gives in his Glossarium mediae and infimae latinitatis and in his edition of the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin. Quar quant li buens rois Charlemaine Ot toute mise à son demaine Provence qui mult iert plentive De vins, de bois, d"aigue, de rive As leceours, as menestreux, Qui sunt auques luxurieus Le donna toute & departi. where Philippe Mouskes bitterly regrets that Charlemagne, after conqueering Provence, gave it to his clowns and minstrels (leceours = lècheurs, "gluttons", "parasites").

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In 1242 or a little beforehand, he was canon and chancellor of the church of Tournai. In 1272 he was elected bishop of Tournai, where he died in 1282. Philippe Mouskes is known for his Chronique rimée (rhymed chronicle) of 31,150 verses, first complete versified chronicle of the kings of France, from the beginnings until Mouskes"s time, probably composed between 1242 and 1272.

The Chronique starts with the legend that, following the model of the Eneid, makes the Franks siblings of Trojan exiled after the fall of Troy.

The most important part (a third) is devoted to the reign of Charlemagne. lieutenant ends with the reign of Louis IX, in 1242.

Imitating versified chronicles like Wace"s chronicle of the dukes of Normandy (12th s), Mouskes reworks materials from the abbey of Saint-Denis. The direct historic value and the literary value of the work appear rather weak and it seems that the Chronique, judging from the number of remaining manuscripts, was "coldly received".

lieutenant is known essentially by the extracts that du Cange gives in his Glossarium mediae and infimae latinitatis and in his edition of the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin.

Quar quant li buens rois Charlemaine

Ot toute mise à son demaine

Provence qui mult iert plentive

De vins, de bois, d"aigue, de rive

As leceours, as menestreux,

Qui sunt auques luxurieus

Le donna toute & departi. where Philippe Mouskes bitterly regrets that Charlemagne, after conqueering Provence, gave it to his clowns and minstrels (leceours = lècheurs, "gluttons", "parasites").

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