GILLES LI MUISIS

gilles li muisis, or le muiset (c. 1272-1352), french chronicler, was born probably at tournai, and in 1289 entered the benedictine abbey of st martin in his native city, becoming prior of this house in 1327, and abbot four years later. he only secured the latter position after a contest with a competitor, but he appears to have been a wise ruler of the abbey. gilles wrote two latin chronicles, _chronicon majus_ and _chronicon minus_, dealing with the history of the world from the creation until 1349. this work, which was continued by another writer to 1352, is valuable for the history of northern france, and flanders during the first half of the 14th century. it is published by j. j. de senet in the _corpus chronicorum flandriae_, tome ii. (brussels, 1841); gilles also wrote some french poems, and these _poesies de gilles li muisis_ have been published by baron kervyn de lettenhove (louvain, 1882). see a. molinier, _les sources de l'histoire de france_, tome iii. (paris, 1903).