France - Pierre de Ronsard 1524-1585 (sheetlet)

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We offer a combined shipment when you purchase multiple different items, with an additional cost of only $0.50 per extra item ($1 for international shipping). We reimburse over-payments on shipping charges! Please contact us if you need more details. Pierre de Ronsard 1524-1585 Pierre de Ronsard was born on September 2, 1524 at the family manor of La Possonnière, in Couture-sur-Loir. He grew up there, a stone's throw from his beloved Gâtines forest and the Loir, which he would never cease to celebrate in his verses. A young page at the court of France, he became familiar with an environment that would become his for decades. Devoting himself to the Muses, he quickly established himself as one of the most brilliant poetic pens in the kingdom. Adored by King Charles IX, his lyrical works, the Odes, the Amours, established him at the forefront of the French Parnassus; he sang Cassandre, Marie, Hélène, and other beauties wonderfully. After leading the Brigade, a group of poets defending the French language, he brought together the most talented in the Pléiade, which included Joachim du Bellay, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Étienne Jodelle, and Rémy Belleau. With them he worked on a renovation of French poetry, enriching its language with many words borrowed from the dialects of the regions or trades. Ronsard was also a poet affected by the great anger of his time. He took sides from the beginning of the Wars of Religion, determinedly defending his Catholic faith, perhaps by arms, above all with his "iron pen", as in the Discourse on the Misfortunes of this Time; then, after Saint Bartholomew's Day, he calmed down to deplore above all the misdeeds of the war on the peasants around him, in Vendôme or in Touraine. Because it was above all nature that he wanted to celebrate, both the wild forest despite its dangers of all kinds, and the nourishing land mastered by the peasants. A distant precursor of ecology, he protested against the excessive deforestation of the Gâtines forest, showing himself to be concerned with a harmonious balance between men and natural spaces. Specifications:Printing technique - IntaglioTheme - Famous PeopleType of physical product - Beautiful stamps individuallyNature of the shipment - Green letter (J+3)Type of gluing - GummedDestination of the shipment - FranceMaximum weight - 20gLegal notices - Creation and engraving Elsa Catelin from photos Portrait of Pierre de Ronsard (c) Fototeca Gilardi/Bridgeman Images, Rose (c) Florilegius/Bridgeman Images, Poem © Patrice Cartier/ All rights reserved 2024/Bridgeman Images, Manoir de la Poissonnière (c) Territoires vendômois.Leaf outline Signature © Look and Learn/Private collection/Bridgeman Images.Issue date - 09/16/2024Format - 52 x 31 mmPermanent validity - NoArea of validity - From mainland France to France, Andorra and Monaco.From mainland France to the DOM and vice versa.Inside the DOMNumber of stamps - 12

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