Guillaume de Deguileville [SEP] native language
Guillaume de Deguileville
Guillaume de Deguileville (1295 - before 1358) was a French Cistercian and writer. His authorship is shown by one acrostic in "Le Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine", two in "Le Pèlerinage de l'Âme", and one in "Le Pèlerinage de Jhesucrist". These acrostics take the form of a series of stanzas, each beginning with a letter of Deguileville's name. According to indications in the "Vie"
his father was called Thomas, he was named after his godfather, and
six of the "Âme", are extant in various libraries in Europe. The only edition of Guillaume’s three poems is that of Stürzinger, who based his edition of the "Vie" on the first redaction. The second redaction has never been edited.
Although the surviving manuscripts of the "Pèlerinage" trilogy render the author's name as "Guillaume de Deguileville", a number of other variants can be found in both medieval and modern sources. One alternative spelling is Guillaume de Deguilleville. Modernized form Guillaume de