Tristan L'Hermite

Tristan l'Hermite was a French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages.

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He was provost of the marshals of the King's household under Louis XI of France, which gave him enormous power in the intrigues and plots that characterized that king's 22-year reign.

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The mystique surrounding his name caused the 17th-century French poet and playwright François l'Hermite to take his name as a pseudonym.

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He appears as a figure in Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Related Topics:
Victor Hugo - Notre Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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