Romance
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The Place of Thought [Hardback]
Sarah Kay (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9780812240078
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
From Jean de Meun in the late thirteenth century to Christine de Pizan in the early fifteenth, medieval French poets often aimed to impart theological, philosophical, or moral ideas. To unify their thought, and to make its outline visible to re... .... Learn More -
Garland of Satire, Wisdom and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth Century France [Paperback]
Jan M. Ziolkowski (Author);Bridget K. Balint (Author)
£22.95ISBN: 9780976547273
Published by : Harvard University Press
This book presents a remarkably thorough edition of each of the previously unpublished poems from an anthology (MS Lat 300) held in the Houghton Library. The latin text of the poems is transcribed and a full English translation and commentary ... .... Learn More -
Troubadour Poems from the South of France [Hardback]
W. D. Paden (Author);Frances Freeman Paden (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781843841296
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This attractively designed volume collects 126 of the poems of the troubadours, presenting them in lively modern verse translations. The selection conveys well the incredible range of the poets from the tender love poetry of Bernart de Ventador... .... Learn More -
Legends of the Holy Harlots [Hardback]
Andrew M. Beresford (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781855661448
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This book looks at the development of the legends and saints lives of Thais and Pelagia from the first Greek versions to their inclusion in Jacobus de Voraigne's Legenda Aureus, much used in 14th and 15th century Castille. By the later Middle a... .... Learn More -
Logic and Humour in the Fabliaux: An Essay in Applied Narratology [Hardback]
Roy Pearcy (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £9.95
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Christine de Pizan's Changing Opinion: A Quest for Certainty in the Midst of Chaos [Hardback]
Douglas Kelly (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781843841111
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This study examines the evolution of Christine's thought on true and false opinion. She reflected deeply on the subject of opinion while analyzing, evaluating, challenging, and changing her own and others' opinions in her lifelong... .... Learn More -
Italian Literature II: Tristano Riccardiano [Hardback]
Gina Psaki (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781843840671
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The first English translation of the earliest Italian Tristan romance, the Tristano Riccardiano , preserved in MS 2543 of the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence. The translation offers new evidence for the development of the Tristan story in Eu... .... Learn More -
The Goodman of Paris: A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citzen of Paris, c. 1393 [Paperback]
Eileen Power (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781843832225
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Le Ménagier de Paris wrote this book for the instruction of his young wife. He was a wealthy and learned man, and a member of the enlightened haute bourgeoisie upon which the French monarchy was coming to lean with increasing confidence. When ... .... Learn More -
Ausiàs March: Verse Translations of Thirty Poems [Paperback]
Robert Archer (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781855661301
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Valencian Ausiàs March (1400-1459) was one of the greatest poets writing in Europe in the fifteenth century. His work is characterised by a powerful and unique voice and by the constant innovation that allowed him not only to develop tradit... .... Learn More -
Marco Polo: Le Devisement du Monde vol 5 [Paperback]
Jean-Claude Delclos (Author); Philippe Ménard (Editor)
£37.99