When did Benoît de Sainte-Maure die?
Benoît de Sainte-Maure died in 1173. No surviving document names his parents or early life.
Questions about Benoît de Sainte-Maure
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Where was Benoît de Sainte-Maure from?
He likely came from the town of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine near Tours, France. The Plantagenet administrative center sat at Chinon to the west of Tours.
What poem did Benoît de Sainte-Maure write between 1155 and 1160?
Between 1155 and 1160 Benoît composed a poem stretching forty thousand lines called Le Roman de Troie. This work retold the epic story of the Trojan War for medieval audiences.
How many lines does the Chronique des ducs de Normandie contain?
This text contains forty-four thousand five hundred forty-four lines according to scholarly counts. A manuscript held at Tours dates between the 2nd of May 1180 and the 2nd of May 1200.
Who edited the standard edition of Benoît de Sainte-Maure's works from 1951 to 1967?
Carin Fahlin produced a standard edition spanning three volumes from 1951 to 1967 using that Tours copy plus variants from the British one. Earlier efforts included Léopold Constans editing six volumes for the Société des Anciens Textes Français between 1904 and 1912.