Josquin des Prez was born in what is now Belgium, but was part of France in his day. His career was international, because he also lived and worked in Italy, France and Hungary. He wrote masses and motets for the church, and secular madrigals for the nobility. His output was prolific, though it is now known that a lot of the compositions formerly attributed to him were probably written by others.
One example of his compositions to which you may listen, is the motet Hail Mary (or Ave Maria in Latin).