Henry of Avranches

Henry of Avranches

Henry of Avranches [Henry d'Avranches, Henri d'Avranches, Henricus Abrincensis, Henricus de Abrincis.] (died 1260) [Date of death given as 1260 [http://www.bsz-bw.de/rekla/show.php?mode=source&eid=IFB_99-B09_249] .] was a poet of the first half of the thirteenth century, writing in Latin. He is sometimes assumed to have been born in Avranches, but is otherwise said to be of German birth with a Norman father [ [http://www.floerken.de/avranches/vita.htm Heinrich von Avranches - sein Le ] ] . He is described as an itinerant cleric. [ [http://pom.bbaw.de/JDG/frameset_jdg.html?http://pom.bbaw.de/JDG/browse?id=JRE0411III&year=1928] , German site, as Heinrich von Avranches.]

He wrote numerous works, in hagiography and in other styles, including a life of Francis of Assisi, on John Blund, and poems on grammar. [ [http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/resources/stf_st_francis_father_and_teacher.htm Franciscan Friars T.O.R. - St. Francis, Father & Teacher ] ] He wrote in 1228/9 a topographical poem about the Starkenburg. [ [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:kx0Lg_z9uuQJ:www.8ung.at/bahnstadt-hd.de/1299.htm+%22+Heinrich+von+Avranches%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=25&gl=uk] , in German] .]

He took part in a poetry contest against Michael of Cornwall, perhaps in the 1250s. [http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/cotton/mss/tit2.htm] This was after some earlier contests. [A. G. Rigg, Peter Binkley, "Two Poetic Debates by Henry of Avranches", in: Mediaeval Studies 62, 2000, p. 29.]

References

* John Paul Heironimus and Josiah Cox Russell, editors (1929), "Two types of thirteenth century grammatical poems"
* John Paul Heironimus and Josiah Cox Russell, editors (1935), "The Shorter Latin Poems of Master Henry of Avranches"
*Papers of Konrad Bund

Notes

External links

* [http://www.uan.it/alim/letteratura.nsf/(testiID)/9FBBE662D65FD85EC1256FE5003D54A6!opendocument Online text of Henricus Abrincensis: Legenda Sancti Francisci Versificata]


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