Eberhard of Béthune

Eberhard of Béthune (also known as Everard of Béthune, Évrard de Béthune, Éverard de Béthune, Ebrardus Bethuniensis or Bithuniensis, Eberhardus Bethuniensis, Eberard, Ebrard, Ebrad; d. c. 1212)^[1] was a Flemish^[2] grammarian of the early thirteenth century, from Arras. He was the author of Graecismus, a popular Latin grammatical poem, dated to c. 1212.^[3] The name came from a short section on the Greek language.^[4] His Laborintus is "an elaborate and critical treatise on poetry and pedagogics";^[5] it is also known as De Miseriis Rectorum Scholarum.

He was also actively engaged against the Waldensians,^[6] and wrote a book Antihaeresis against them. He is cited in Foxe's Book of Martyrs as to the etymology of the name.^[7]

References

• Anne Grondeux (2001), Le Graecismus d'Évrard de Béthune à travers ses gloses
• Anne Grondeux (2010), Glosa super Graecismum Eberhardi Bethuniensis Capitula I–III: de figuris coloribusque rhetoricis

1. Peter Christian Jacobsen (2002). "Liste lateinischer Autoren und anonymer Werke des 13. Jahrhunderts (ca. 1170–1320)". MGH Poetae (in German). Erlangen.
2. Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, and Paul Jackson, ed. (2000). "Eberhard(t) of Béthune". Christian Cyclopedia. Concordia Publishing House.
3. "poetry". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. The Graecismus was edited by Johannes Wrobel, Eberhard von Bethune: Graecismus (Breslau 1887, reprint: Hildesheim/Zürich/New York 1987).
4. P. S. Allen (2005-05-10). "The Age of Erasmus". Project Gutenberg. Its name, Graecismus, was based upon a chapter, the eighth, devoted to the elementary study of Greek.
5. W. H. Matthews (1970-06-01). "XXII. The Labyrinth in Literature". Mazes and Labyrinths. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-22614-X.
6. John Derkesen (November 2004). "Peacemaking Principles drawn from Opposition to the Crusades (1095–1276)" (PDF). Peace Research 36 (2): 7.
7. John Foxe (1563). "POPE ALEXANDER III AND THE WALDENSES". Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

External links

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Eberhard of Béthune". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 1. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 1442–1443. ISBN 3-88309-013-1.