Jehan Bretel

Bretel was a son of an artisan, whose family had been in Arras from 1170. Jehan became a wealthy cloth merchant and banker of Arras.
Fond of poetry, he was also an active member and occasional leader of the poetic circle, the Confrérie des Jongleurs et des Bourgeois d’Arras. He is sole author of seven lyrics but is known primarily for his jeux-partis, of which he co-composed over ninety.