Bodel, Jehan

Bodel, Jehan (zhäN bōdel') [key], b. c.1165, French trouvère of Arras. He is the author of one of the earliest dramas entirely in French, a mystery play entitled Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas (c.1200).

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