Jehan Bretel

Jehan Bretel (c. 1210 – 1272) was a trouvère who wrote eight known chansons courtoises. Quotes Who is more fortunate, he who is clever enough to deceive his mistress, or he who is deceived by her without knowing it? Question from a tenso or jeu-parti, addressed to Jehan de Grieviler. Other rhetorical questions from this genre include "Is a lover better off if he is deaf, or blind?" and "Is the chance of a big inheritance worth sacrificing for a fine dish of peas and bacon?" Quoted by Henry Prunières, A New History of Music, translated by Edward Lockspeiser (New York: Macmillan, 1943), p. 38, from Jean Beck, La Musique des Troubadours (1908) External links F. Marion Crawford, "With the Immortals", Ch. 4, in Macmillan's Magazine, vol. 56 (May–October 1887), p. 142 Category:Poets from France Category:1270s deaths