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François Villon (1431–1463?)
Villon, François (vē-yô
‘), true name probably François Montcorbier. A noted French poet; born in 1431; died about 1463. He wrote: ‘The Great Testament’ (1461), and the ‘Smaller Testament: Its Codicil,’ both in eight-line stanzas, with ballades and rondeaus interposed; a volume of ‘Ballades’; and a collection of poems in a slang to-day unintelligible, ‘Jargon.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).