Geoffrey of Paris (d. c. 1320), French chronicler, was probably the author of the Chronique metrique de Philippe le Bel, or Chronique rimée de Geoffroi de Paris. Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ...

This work, which deals with the history of France from 1300 to 1316, contains 7918 verses, and is valuable as that of a writer who had a personal knowledge of many of the events which he relates. Various short historical poems have also been attributed to Geoffrey, but there is no certain information about either his life or his writings. Events Beginning of the Renaissance. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ...

The Chronique was published by JA Buchon in his Collection des chroniques, tome ix. (Paris, 1827), and it has also been printed in tome xxii. of the Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France (Paris, 1865). See Gaston Paris, Histoire de la littérature française au moyen âge (Paris, 1890); and A Molinier, Les Sources de l'histoire de France, tome iii. (Paris, 1903). Jean Alexandre Buchon (May 21, 1791 - August 29, 1849), French scholar, was born at Menetou-Salon (Cher). ... Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris (August 9, 1839 - March 6, 1903), was a French scholar, the son of Alexis Paulin Paris. ...

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