About Gilles de Paris
Lived 1160 – 1224 (aged 63–64). Gilles de Paris was a French poet, writer, theologian and canon.
Gilles de Paris (Aegidius Parisiensis, Giles of Paris) ( 1160 – 1223/1224) was a French poet of the twelfth century. He is best known for his instructional poem Carolinus, written for the future Louis VIII of France around 1200, when Louis was 13 years old.
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Who was Gilles de Paris?
French poet
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Gilles de Paris was born in 1160.
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Gilles de Paris died in 1224.
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Gilles de Paris was a poet, writer, theologian and canon.
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Gilles de Paris was French.
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