Gillebert (Guillebert)de Berneville (fl.c. 1250–70) was a Frenchtrouvère. According to Theodore Karp, in its time, "his poetry was much appreciated", but it is "[n]either original nor profound," rather he was and is admired more for "facility, grace and mastery of form".[1] Fresco lists 35 songs by Gillebert, of which five are unica (found in a single manuscript) and some are copied in up to seven sources.[2]
Gillebert worked within the circle of poets atArras, which is close to his home town ofBerneville, and had contact with the most prominent men of the region. He composedjeux-partis withHenry III, Duke of Brabant, andThomas Herier. He also entered into competitions under the judgement ofCharles of Anjou,Raoul de Soissons, the Châtelain de Beaumetz, Hue d'Arras and perhapsBeatrice, sister of Henry III and widow ofWilliam II, Count of Flanders. Gillebert dedicatedchansons to Charles of Anjou, Huitace de Fontaines, Béatrice d'Audenarde andColart le Boutellier. Hischanson "Je n'ëusse ja chanté" was "crowned" (couronnée) by thePuy d'Arras, and ten later poems are modeled on works ascribed to him.Roussiaus le Taillier sought to flatter him in hisArras est escole de tous biens entendre.
Fresco dates the poems to the third quarter of the thirteenth century. Gillebert appears in the necrology of thejongleurs and bourgeois of Arras as being celebrated in a mass at Pentecost 1270, so he must have died between this commemorative mass and the previous one (i.e. some time between 2 Feb and 1 June 1270).[3] A performance of thejeu parti between Gillebert and Henry III of Brabantcan be found here.
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