![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars have dated Marie's works to between about 11, the earliest and latest possible dates respectively. Patrick and, recently, a saint's life called La Vie seinte Audree about Saint Audrey of Ely. ![]() ![]() There are 102 " Ysopet" fables that have also been attributed to her besides a retelling of the Legend of the Purgatory of St. She claims in the preambles to most of these Breton lais that she has heard the stories they contain from Breton minstrels, and it is in the opening lines of the poem Guigemar that she first reveals her name to be Marie. She is principally known for her authorship of The Lais of Marie de France, a collection of twelve narrative poems, mostly of a few hundred lines each. Based on evidence from her writings, it is clear that, despite being born in France, she spent much of her life living in England.įour works, or collections of works, have been attributed to Marie de France. The actual name of the author now known as Marie de France is unknown she has acquired this nom de plume from a line in one of her published works: "Marie ai num, si sui de France," which translates as "My name is Marie, and I am from France." Some of the most commonly proposed suggestions for the identity of this twelfth-century poet are Marie, Abbess of Shaftesbury and half-sister to Henry II, King of England Marie, Abbess of Reading Marie I of Boulogne Marie, Abbess of Barking and Marie de Meulan, wife of Hugh Talbot. ![]()
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