Jean Renart, active 12th century-13th century

LC control no.	n 80148986
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jean Renart, active 12th century-13th century *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jean Renard, active 12th century-13th century Jean Renart, active 12th/13th century Jean Renaut, active 12th century-13th century Jehan Renart, active 12th century-13th century Renard, Jean, active 12th century-13th century Renart, Jean, active 12th century-13th century Renaut, Jean, active 12th century-13th century
Beginning date	11
Ending date	12
Special note	Not the same as: Renaut, active 12th/13th century
Found in	The Romance of the Rose, or, Guillaume de Dole, 1993: (Jean Renart) Dict. des lettres franç., Moyen Age, 1964 (Jean Renart; wrote during 1st half of 13th cent.; first work ca. 1200-1202; possibly wrote last work 1230-1240) Petit Robert, 1974 (Renart, Jean; trouvère français; end of 12th-beginning of 13th cent.) LC data base, 10-29-84 (hdg.: Jean Renart, fl. ca. 1190-1210) LC manual auth. cd. (cites fl. dates: 1195-1205, 1190-1210; b. probably between 1160 and 1165) La Grande enc. (Renaut; name of several 12th cent. French troubadours, one of whom wrote Galeran de Bretagne) Britannica Online, Nov. 2, 2012 (Jean Renart, (flourished 1200-1222), French poet, author of romances of adventure, whose work rejected the fey atmosphere and serious morality that had distinguished the poetry of his predecessor Chrétien de Troyes. Almost nothing is known of Renart, although he is associated with the village of Dammartin en Goële, near Meaux, a few miles east of Paris. His known works are L'Escoufle; Guillaume de Dôle; and the Lai de l'ombre) Wikipedia, Nov. 2, 2012 (Jean Renart, also known as Jean Renaut, was a Norman trouvère or troubadour from the end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th century to whom three works are ascribed. Nothing else is known of him or his life. He is praised for his realism and his psychological insight. Firmly attributed to him are two metrical romances, L'Escoufle ("The kite") and Guillaume de Dole, and a lai, Lai de l'Ombre)
Not found in	Galeran de Bretagne, 1996: t.p. (Renaut); BN 02-11-2004 (Renaut (11..?-12..; trouvère); flourished ca. 1215-1220; sometimes identified with Jean Renart; could also be a pseudonym, maybe the one of Renaut de Beaujeu; presumed author of Galeran de Bretagne)