FERRAND OF PORTUGAL
(1188–1233). Ferrand of Portugal became count of Flanders and Hainaut when he
married the young Jeanne de Constantinople, countess of Flanders and Hainaut, in 1212.
The marriage was arranged with the permission of Philip II Augustus, who believed that
it would secure the two counties for France and also align him to Portugal. Ferrand,
however, refused to recognize Philip’s sovereignty. In 1212, several kings and nobles,
including Emperor Otto IV and King John of England, as well as Ferrand, rose against
Philip. Philip defeated his foes at the Battle of Bouvines on July 27, 1214, and captured
Ferrand, who was imprisoned in the Louvre until January 6, 1227. He was finally freed
when Jeanne threatened to divorce him and marry Pierre de Dreux, duke of Brittany, a
match less appealing to the new French king, Louis VIII. Ferrand returned to Flanders,
where he continued to rule his two counties until his death in Noyon from hepatitis.
Kelly De Vries
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FERRIÈRES, HENRI DE
(ca. 1315-after 1377). A Norman of noble birth, Henri de Ferrières wrote the Livres du
roy Modus et de la royne Ratio between 1354 and 1377. Divided into two parts—the
Livre de chasse and the Songe de pestilence—it takes the form of a dialogue between the
expert hunter Modus and several disciples. The book, in prose with interspersed verse, is
not simply a treatise on hunting, as is often asserted, but also an allegorical work offering
a moral reflection on the vices and virtues of the time, based on a symbolic interpretation
of the behavior of game animals. Some thirty-six manuscripts survive, many lavishly
illustrated.
Annette Brasseur
[See also: GACE DE LA BUIGNE; GASTON PHOEBUS]
Tilander, Gunnar, ed. Les livres du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio. 2 vols. Paris: Didot, 1932.
[Based on MS A (B.N. fr. 12399).]
——, trans. Le livre de chasse. Paris: Nourry, 1931. [Modern French trans.]
Ménard, Philippe. “Littérature et iconographie: les pièges dans les traités de chasse d’Henri de
Ferrières et de Gaston Phébus.” In La chasse au moyen âge: actes du Colloque de Nice (22–24
juin 1979). Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1980, pp. 159–88.
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