About Jean Muret
Lived 1345 – 1420 (aged 74–75). Jean Muret was a religious person and writer.
Jean Muret ( 1345 – 1420) was a French writer and humanist scholar.
Jean Muret was born in Le Mans. He established himself at the papal court in Avignon. There, he came into contact with Italian humanists, befriended Nicholas of Clamanges and formed part of a group of early French humanists that also included Jean de Montreuil and . A single work by Muret, De contemptu mortis, has survived.
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Who was Jean Muret?
medieval French writer and papal secretary
When was Jean Muret born?
Jean Muret was born in 1345 in Le Mans.
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Jean Muret died in 1420 in Le Mans.
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Jean Muret was a religious person and writer.
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