——. Le breviari d’amor de Matfre Ermengaud, tome V (27252T-34597T), ed. Peter T.Ricketts.
Leiden: Brill, 1976.
Laske-Fix, Katja. Der Bildzyklus des Breviari d’amor. Munich: Schnell und Steiner, 1973.
MATHEMATICS
. See LIBERAL ARTS
MATHEUS DE SANCTO JOHANNE
(fl. 1365–89). French composer in the service of King John II during his captivity in
England from 1356 to 1359, at the same time as composer Pierre des Molins. Matheus
served Louis I of Anjou in 1378 and Pope Clement VII at Avignon from 1382 to 1386.
His works, which influenced Philippus de Caserta, show remarkable independence of
voices and sophisticated rhythmic proportions.
Benjamin Garber
[See also: ARS SUBTILIOR; COMPOSERS, MINOR (14TH CENTURY);
PHILIPPUS DE CASERTA]
Apel, Willi, ed. French Secular Compositions of the Fourteenth Century. Vol. 1. N.p.: American
Institute of Musicology, 1970.
Greene, Gordon, ed. French Secular Music: Manuscript Chantilly, Musée Condé 564. 2 vols.
Monaco: Oiseau-Lyre, 1981–82.
MATILDA
(Maud; 1102–1167). Countess of Anjou and claimant to the English throne. After 1121,
Matilda was the only surviving legitimate child of Henry I, king of England and duke of
Normandy. After the death of her husband, Emperor Henry V of Germany, in 1125,
Matilda was reunited with her father, whose barons swore to support her as his heir. In
1128, Matilda married Geoffroi Plantagenêt, count of Anjou.
In 1135, conflict arose between Matilda’s father and husband over Normandy. Matilda
and Geoffroi were in rebellion when Henry died in December, and this may have
contributed to Matilda’s loss of the English crown to her cousin Stephen of Blois.
Between 1139 and 1148, Matilda was in England, fighting unsuccessfully for the throne,
although she did win the right of succession for her son Henry II (r. 1154–89). Matilda
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