De moi, pauvre, je veux parler

Description:

If there is a mystery in the history of literature, it is that of the poet called for the posterity François Villon (born in 1431 and disappeared in 1463). Ruffian, ribaud, mischievous, who was this "scholar" of genius, born in the year when Joan of Arc, "the good Lorraine", perished on the stake, and who remains forever as the first French writer to have Introduced "self-awareness" in our letters?--Translation of page 4 of cover.

subjects: Medieval Poets,  Biography,  Literature and society,  History

People: François Villon (1431-1463)

Places: France

Times: 15th century