Medieval France. An Encyclopedia

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Jean Fouquet, Hours of Étienne

Chevalier. The Right Hand of God

Protecting the Faithful. Courtesy of the

Lehman Collection, Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York.

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FOURRIER/FOURRIÈRE


. The fourrier (related to the verb fourrager ‘forrage’) was a member of a corps of
servants in the household of great lords and prelates who preceded the lord in his travels
and arranged for the lodging of his court. The royal fourrière, or corps of fourriers, was


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