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Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)

Also known as: Guillaume de Machault, Machaut, Гийом де Машо, غيوم دو ماشو, 기욤 드 마쇼, ギヨーム・ド・マショー

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Writes allegorical dits amoureux and courtly lyric forms closely modeled on Machaut's narrative poetry. (AI reason)
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Eustache Deschamps1340–1406
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Composes ballades, rondeaux and virelais in the fixed forms Machaut codified, and theorizes them in his Art de dictier. (AI reason)
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Christine de Pizan1364–1430
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Writes courtly lyric cycles and allegorical dits in the late medieval French tradition shaped by Machaut. (AI reason)
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His dream visions such as The Book of the Duchess draw directly on Machaut's dits and courtly love allegory. (AI reason)
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Writes refined courtly love complaints and ballades in Machaut's fixed-form lyric style. (AI reason)
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Charles I, Duke of Orléans1394–1465
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Writes introspective ballades and rondeaux continuing the formal courtly lyric tradition. (AI reason)
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Writes courtly debate poems and love allegories like La Belle Dame sans mercy in the dit tradition. (AI reason)
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Guillaume de Lorris1200–1238
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His Roman de la Rose established the allegorical dream-vision of love that underpins Machaut's dits. (AI reason)
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Jean de Meun1240–1304
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His continuation of the Roman de la Rose offers learned allegorical love poetry central to Machaut's literary world. (AI reason)
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A contemporary lyric sequence of idealized love exploring the poet's devotion to an unattainable lady. (AI reason)
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