Nesson, Pierre de, 1383-1439?

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Name (Latin)
Nesson, Pierre de, 1383-1439?
Other forms of name
De Nesson, Pierre, 1383-1439?
Date of birth
1383
Date of death
1440
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 36922500
Wikidata: Q3387647
Library of congress: no2002087927
Sources of Information
  • LC database, 9/25/2002(hdg.: Nesson, Pierre de, 1383-1439?; usage: Pierre de Nesson)
  • Les vigiles des morts, 2002:t.p. (Pierre de Nesson) p. 13 (b. 1383; d. between 1439 and 1442/1443)
  • LCN

Wikipedia description:

Pierre de Nesson (born 1384, date of death unknown) was a French poet. He was born in Aigueperse, Puy-de-Dôme, France. His major work is the Vigiles des Morts, or Paraphrase des IX leçons de Job. It is commentary on the Biblical Book of Job, in outspoken verses. Other works are L'hommage à la Vierge, and the Lay de guerre, a lai written after the Battle of Agincourt, a riposte to the Lay de paix of his contemporary Alain Chartier. An extract from the Vigiles des Morts : Et lors, quand tu trépasseras, Dès le jour que mort tu seras, Ton orde chair commencera À rendre pugnaise pueur. Que ne gouttes-tu de sueur Quand tu penses que ce sera ?

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