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Roman de la Rose. Le Roman de la Rose ( The Romance of the Rose) is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, The Romance of the Rose is a notable instance of courtly literature, purporting to provide a "mirror of love" in which the whole art of romantic love is disclosed.
La Pléiade. La Pléiade ( French pronunciation: [la plejad]) was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians (3rd century ...
Pierre de Chaignon la Rose was born on April 23, 1871, in New York City, New York. [1] His father was Anthime F. la Rose, and his mother Katharine Kappus von Pichlstein. [1] [2] La Rose studied at Exeter Academy and subsequently Harvard University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1895. [1] [2] He was a member of Phi Beta ...
Pierre de Ronsard. Pierre de Ronsard ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁɔ̃saʁ]; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets". Ronsard was born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois. His father served Francis I as maître ...
The Romaunt of the Rose. The Romaunt of the Rose ( The Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le Roman de la Rose ( Le Roman ). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from ...
Pierre de la Rue ( c. 1452 – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. His name also appears as Piersson or variants of Pierchon and his toponymic, when present, as various forms of de Platea, de Robore, or de Vico. [1] A member of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, and a long associate of the ...
Rosa 'Eden' (also known as 'Pierre de Ronsard', 'MEIviolin', and 'Eden Rose 85') is a light pink and white climbing rose. The cultivar was created by Marie-Louise Meilland and introduced in France by Meilland International in 1985 as part of the Renaissance® Collection. It was named 'Pierre de Ronsard', after the French Renaissance poet Pierre ...
Rosa. 'Souvenir de la Malmaison'. Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison ' is a rose cultivar with large, very pale pink flowers that open flat. [2] The Bourbon rose was created in 1843 by Lyon rose breeder Jean Béluze, who named it after the Château de Malmaison, where Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814) had created a magnificent rose garden.