Guillebert de Mets dating history

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Guillebert de Mets (c. 1390 – c. 1438) was a Flemish scribe who wrote a 1434 chronicle of medieval Paris, Description de Paris, commissioned by the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good. The chronicle is one of the few 15th century histories of Paris and it describes contemporary events as well as the early history of the city, including the Roman campaign of Gaul and the later Merovingian period.