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Antoine de la Sale

1388 - 1462

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Antoine de la Sale (also la Salle, de Lasalle; 1385/86 – 1460/61) was a French courtier, educator and writer. He participated in a number of military campaigns in his youth and he only began writing when he had reached middle age, in the late 1430s. He lived in Italy at the time, but returned to France in the 1440s, where he acted as umpire in tournaments, and he wrote a treatise on the history of the knightly tournament in 1459. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine de la Sale has received more than 38,968 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine de la Sale is the 3,174th most popular writer, the 3,298th most popular biography from France and the 414th most popular French Writer.

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  • 39k

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  • 52.47

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

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Notable Works

L' hystoyre et plaisante cronicque du petit Jehan de Saintré et de la jeune dame des Belles Cousines sans antre nom nommer
Fiction
1843
Saintré
Fiction, Middle Ages, Roman
1993
Le quinze joyes de mariage
Women, Humor, Medieval Marriage customs and rites
1507
Le paradis de la reine Sibylle
Sibyls, Monti Sibillini, Mythology
1930

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antoine de la Sale ranks 3,174 out of 7,302. Before him are Rubem Fonseca, Lily Braun, Nonius Marcellus, Ernst Wiechert, Halina Konopacka, and José de Alencar. After him are Gennadiy Aygi, Jefimija, Isidora Sekulić, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Elia Abu Madi, and Karel Kryl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1388, Antoine de la Sale ranks 6. Before him are Musa Çelebi, Flavio Biondo, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Gian Maria Visconti, and Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg. After him are Dai Jin, and Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus. Among people deceased in 1462, Antoine de la Sale ranks 5. Before him are Vasily II of Moscow, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Anne of Cyprus, and Pasquale Malipiero. After him is Dai Jin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de la Sale ranks 3,298 out of 6,770. Before him are Pascal Lamy (1947), Antoine Berman (1942), Charles Rollin (1661), Johannes de Muris (1290), Casimir Delavigne (1793), and Joseph de Guignes (1721). After him are Gérard Jugnot (1951), Pierre Sinibaldi (1924), Alfred Bruneau (1857), Jeanne Jugan (1792), Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842), and Joseph Guillemot (1899).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine de la Sale ranks 414. Before him are Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), Étienne Jodelle (1532), René Daumal (1908), Tristan Bernard (1866), Daniel-Rops (1901), and Casimir Delavigne (1793). After him are José Giovanni (1923), Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jules Barbier (1825), and Frédéric Beigbeder (1965).

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