Marot, Clément
(1496–1544)
Marot, ClémentMarot, ClémentClément Marot (B * CAHORS, 1496 – D † TORINO, 1544) French Renaissance poet who followed in his father's service at the court of Louis XII (1462–1515), he was valet de chambre to Marguerite d'Alençon (1492–1549), who became the poet's idealized beloved »Anne.« He overtly supported non-Catholic religious reform movements such as Calvinism, translating 53 Psalms into French, causing him to be both imprisoned and exiled at different times. One such imprisonment was…