Henry of Avranches

Henry of Avranches Alternative spellings: {{in lang|fr}} Henry d'Avranches, {{in lang|fr}} Henri d'Avranches, {{in lang|la}} Henricus Abrincensis, {{in lang|la}} Henricus de Abrincis, {{in lang|de}} Heinrich von Avranches. (died 1260)Date of death given as 1260 [http://www.bsz-bw.de/rekla/show.php?mode=source&eid=IFB_99-B09_249]. was a poet of the first half of the 13th century, writing in Latin. He is sometimes assumed to have been born in Avranches, but is otherwise said to have been of German birth with a Norman father.{{Cite web |url=http://www.floerken.de/avranches/vita.htm |title=Heinrich von Avranches - sein Leben |access-date=2007-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206224846/http://www.floerken.de/avranches/vita.htm |archive-date=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead }} He is described as an itinerant cleric.[http://pom.bbaw.de/JDG/frameset_jdg.html?http://pom.bbaw.de/JDG/browse?id=JRE0411III&year=1928]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, German site, as Heinrich von Avranches.

He wrote numerous works, in hagiography and in other styles, including a life of Francis of Assisi, on John Blund, and poems on grammar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/resources/stf_st_francis_father_and_teacher.htm |title=Franciscan Friars T.O.R. - St. Francis, Father & Teacher |access-date=2007-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226200311/http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/resources/stf_st_francis_father_and_teacher.htm |archive-date=2007-02-26 |url-status=dead }} He wrote in 1228/9 a topographical poem about the Starkenburg.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060409074804/http://www.8ung.at/bahnstadt-hd.de/1299.htm], in German].

He took part in a poetry contest against Michael of Cornwall in 1254-55.{{cite journal | vauthors=((Binkley, Peter)) | journal=Medium Ævum | title=The Date and Setting of Michael of Cornwall's "Versus contra Henricum Abrincensem" | volume=60 | issue=1 | pages=76–84 | date= 1991 | doi=10.2307/43629384 | jstor=43629384 | issn=0025-8385}} This was after some earlier contests.{{cite journal | vauthors=((Rigg, A. G.)), ((Binkley, P.)) | journal=Mediaeval Studies | title=Two poetic debates by Henry of Avranches | volume=62 | pages=29–67 | date= 2000| doi=10.1484/J.MS.2.306470 }}{{rp|29}}