- 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 ofFrancis of Assisi , onJohn 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 theStarkenburg . [ [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 BundNotes
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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