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Also Known As Gilles le Muiset
Born January 1272 • Tournai • Belgium
Died October 15, 1352 (aged 80) • Tournai • Belgium
Notable Works “Chronicon majus” • “Chronicon minus”
Subjects Of Study history of France
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Victor Hugo
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Pierre Corneille
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French write and Nobel laureate André Gide
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