Francois Villon (1431 - 1474)

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Francois Montcorbier (Villon) was born in 1431 to a poor young couple in Paris. Villon's father died when the poet was very young and Guillaume de Villon, a well to do chaplain who was a professor of ecclesiastical law at the University of Paris, took Villon in. His academic success allowed Villon to enter the university and obtain both a bachelor (1449) and masters degree (1452), though he seemed to spend more time enjoying the liberal freedoms that students were allowed at the time. Possib.. Continue..

Some of Francois Villon Poems

The Ballad Of The Proverbs

The Ballad Of The Hanged Men

Ballade To Our Lady

The Debate Between Villon And His Heart

Epitaph In The Form Of A Ballade

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Quote from Author

	But where are the snows of yester year?

- Francois Villon

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