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Jean Bodel

1165 - 1205

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Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210), also spelled Jehan Bodel, was an Old French poet who wrote a number of chansons de geste as well as many fabliaux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Bodel has received more than 67,129 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jean Bodel is the 1,702nd most popular writer (up from 1,958th in 2019), the 1,958th most popular biography from France (up from 2,205th in 2019) and the 247th most popular French Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Bodel ranks 1,702 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Belyaev, Ole Nydahl, John of Kronstadt, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Aleksa Šantić, and Maximus the Greek. After him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Shen Yue, Táhirih, Sheridan Le Fanu, Boris Akunin, and Bernard Malamud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1165, Jean Bodel ranks 12. Before him are Albert of Riga, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Vukan Nemanjić, and Waleran III, Duke of Limburg. After him are Władysław III Spindleshanks, Pelagio Galvani, Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Phillipe de Plessis, Bénézet, and Benedicta Hvide. Among people deceased in 1205, Jean Bodel ranks 10. Before him are Peter Waldo, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Constantine Laskaris, Ladislaus III of Hungary, Roman the Great, and Aimery of Cyprus. After him are Peire Vidal, Nicholas of Verdun, Louis I, Count of Blois, Joan I, Countess of Burgundy, and Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Bodel ranks 1,958 out of 6,770. Before him are François Magendie (1783), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), William Clito (1102), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), and Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta (1866). After him are Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), and François Girardon (1628).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Bodel ranks 247. Before him are Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685). After him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Pierre Plantard (1920), Robert de Boron (1110), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Joseph Joubert (1754), and Gottfried von Strassburg (1180).

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