Jean d'Arras

'''Jean d'Arras''' ( 1392–1394) was a 14th-century writer from Northern France about whom little is known.

He collaborated with Antoine du Val and Fouquart de Cambrai in putting together a collection of stories entitled ''L'Évangile des quenouilles'' ("The spinners' gospel"). The frame story features a group of ladies at their spinning who relate the current theories on a great variety of subjects. The work is of considerable value for the light it throws on medieval manners, and for its echoes of folklore, sometimes deeply buried under layers of Christian tradition.

There were many editions of this book in the 15th and 16th centuries, one of which was printed by the early printer Wynkyn de Worde in English, as ''The Gospelles of Dystaves''. A more modern edition (Collection Jannet) had a preface by Anatole France. Provided by Wikipedia