Alain Chartier (c. 1392 - c. 1430) was a French poet and political writer. He was born at Bayeux, into a family marked by considerable ability. His eldest brother Guillaume became bishop of Paris; and Thomas became notary to the king. Jean Chartier, a monk of St Denis, whose history of Charles VII is printed in vol. iii. of "Les Grands Chroniques de Saint-Denis" (1477), was not, as is sometimes stated, also a brother of the poet. Wikipedia
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