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Raoul de Houdenc
French author and trouvère
Also known as: Raoul de Houdan
Quick Facts
- Also called:
- Raoul de Houdan
- Flourished:
- c. 1200–30 bce
- Flourished:
- c.1200 - c.1250
- Notable Works:
- “Méraugis de Portlesguez”
Raoul de Houdenc (flourished c. 1200–30 bce) was a French trouvère poet-musician of courtly romances, credited with writing one of the first French romances, told in an ornate, allegorical style. Little is known of Raoul’s life. His name could have originated from a dozen cities. Certain passages in his writings suggest that he may have been a monk, and it is known that he was trained as a clerk. He was familiar with Paris and seems to have lived as a minstrel, singing sometimes in the street and sometimes at the courts of the minor nobility. His greatest work, the ...(100 of 200 words)