부산대학교 도서관

(b c1160; d after 1213). French trouvère. Gace’s shield was banded in red and silver (burelé de gueules et d’argent de huit pièces, and his name is merely a description of this blazonry, altered through the transposition of two letters. The name can be traced in two documents of 1212 and 1213: the first indicates that he owned land in Groslière (département Eure-et-Loire, arrondissement Dreux) and that he had dealings with the Knights Templar; the second records a gift from the future Louis VIII. Apart from these facts, all other biographical information about Gace rests on clues provided within his poetry. It is reasonably certain that he was born in Champagne, and that his home may have been Nanteuil-les-Meaux (département Seine-et-Marne, arrondissement Meaux). He appears to have spent some time at the court of Count Geoffrey II of Brittany, son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Count of Brittany is mentioned in ...