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Enguerrand de Monstrelet
1453Jul, 20

Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French historian and author (b. 1400)
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 1400 – 20 July 1453) was a French chronicler. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family of the minor nobility.

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