French Medieval and Renaissance
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Histories of Gargantua & Pantagruel
by Rabelais/cohen  Publisher Comments A masterly new translation of Rabelais's robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua...
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The City of Ladies (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the...
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The Lais of Marie de France (Penguin Classics)
by Marie De France And Burg Publisher Comments "Lais" are short stories in verse based on Breton tales, depicting a moment of crisis in a love relationship. These are the finest examples of the genre, written by the French poet, Marie de France, during the 12th century....
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Chronicles
by Froissart And Brereton Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index....
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The History of the Franks
by Gregory Of Tours Publisher Comments This colorful narrative of French history in the sixth century is a dramatic and detailed portrait of a period of political and religious turmoil....
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The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics)
by Anon And Burgess Publisher Comments Based on the massacre in 778 of CharlemagneÆs rearguard at Roncesvalles in northern Spain, The Song of Roland transforms a legendary defeat into an epic clash between Christianity and paganism. At the heart of the poem is the account of the warrior...
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The Death of King Arthur (Penguin Classics)
by Anon And Cable Publisher Comments 13th century French version of the legend of King Arthur, translated by James Cable....
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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
by Joseph Bedier Publisher Comments This immortal tale concerns the doomed love between a knight and a princess. The heroic Tristan, nephew and champion of King Mark of Cornwall, journeys to Ireland to bring home his uncle's betrothed, the fair Iseult. Their shipboard voyage takes a...
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Arthurian Romances (Penguin Classics)
by Chrétien de Troyes Publisher Comments Fantastic adventures abound in these courtly romances: Erec and Enide, Cligés, The Knight of the Cart, The Knight with the Lion, and The Story of the Grail....
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Yvain: The Knight of the Lion
by Chretien De Troyes Publisher Comments The twelfth century French poet Chretien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. Now, for the first time, and experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chretien's major poem, Yvain, in verse that...
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The Lais of Marie de France
by Robert Hanning Publisher Comments Ancient European stories come to life in the poetry of a now-forgotten medieval woman writer....
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The Enchantment of the Middle Ages
by Michael Zink Publisher Comments Deep forests, enchanted castles, monsters, maidens in distress, stout-hearted heroes, boundless love: The literature of the Middle Ages has the power to entrance the imaginations of children and adolescents. But can it do more? And in fact, does that...
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The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics)
by Anon And Sayers Publisher Comments The poem's vivid set pieces--the treason of Ganelon, the last stand of Roland at Roncesvals, Charlemagne's campaign of vengeance, and the final act of retribution--are justly famous....
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The Lady as Saint: A Collection of French Hagiographic Romances of the Thirteenth Century (Middle Ages)
by Brigitte Cazelles Publisher Comments The thirteenth century was the golden age of French verse hagiography, and more than half of the two hundred extant French saints' lives date from this period. Among the saints exalted are thirteen female martyrs and hermits of early Christianity. In The...
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Yvain, Or, the Knight with the Lion
by Chretien And Cline Publisher Comments This verse translation of Yvain; or, The Knight With The Lion brings to life a fastpaced yet remarkably subtle work that is often considered to be the masterpiece of the twelfth-century French writer Chretien de Troyes....
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Book of the Duke of True Lovers (91 Edition)
by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments Written in 1405, this charming tales of courtly romance follows the progress of a clandestine love affair between a young knight, the Duke, and a married noblewoman. Out hunting one day, the Duke finds himself near a castle and is invited inside to greet...
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The Book of the City of Ladies
by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 in Venice. Her family moved to Paris three years later when her father was appointed court astrologer to King Charles V. Close ties to the royal court and her father's encouragement enabled Christine to obtain a good...
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A Medieval Woman's Mirror of Honor: The Treasury of the City of Ladies
by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments This is the sequel to the classic Book of the City of Ladies. A medieval instruction book for women of all classes -- from peasant to princess -- it provides a firsthand glimpse into how women of the Middle Ages lived....
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The Book of Deeds of Arms & of Chivalry
by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has...
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Romance of Tristan (70 Edition)
by Beroul Publisher Comments The legendary version of illicit and tragic passion....
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