A Discourse for the Holy Grail in Old French Romance

Ben Ramm

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 2
• Why should a supposedly Biblical relic lay down its literary roots in medieval French literature? The Holy Grail made its first literary appearance in... Lees meer

The Face and Faciality in Medieval French Literature, 1170-1390

Alice Hazard

• Hardcover | Engels, Oudfrans | Gallica | nr. 45
• In medieval French literature, faces feature heavily as markers of identity, mood, class, status, and even humanity. The information that they convey ... Lees meer

Partonopeus de Blois: Romance in the Making

Penny Eley

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 21
• First book-length treatment of a fascinating medieval French romance, underlining its influence in the genre. Partonopeus de Blois is one of the most ... Lees meer

Marco Polo's Le Devisement Du Monde

Simon Gaunt

• Paperback | Engels | Gallica | nr. 31
• The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Le Devisement du Monde (1298), bette... Lees meer

Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 29
• An examination of medieval historican writings through the prism of violence. The concept of medieval historiography as "usable past" is here challeng... Lees meer

Unsettling Montaigne

Elizabeth Guild

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 34
• Montaigne's Essais (1580-1592) are one of the most remarkable works of the European Renaissance. The Essais' innovative open-mindedness is at odds wit... Lees meer

Old French Narrative Cycles

Luke Sunderland

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 15
• This is a study of four colossal medieval works - the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange, the Vulgate Cycle, the Prose Tristan and the Roman de Renart - whic... Lees meer

Fashion in Medieval France

Sarah-Grace Heller

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 3
• How to distinguish between a culture organized around fashion, and one where the desire for novel adornment is latent, intermittent, or prohibited? Up... Lees meer

Miraculous Rhymes

Tony Hunt

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 8
• The first published general study of an unduly neglected writer whose stylistic legacy remains unique in the Middle Ages. The well-connected, northern... Lees meer

Thinking Through Chrétien de Troyes

Zrinka Stahuljak, Virginie Greene Sarah Kay, Sharon Kinoshita and Peggy McCracken

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 19
• An exciting reassessment of the works of Chrétien, making use of modern critical theory to test orthodox opinion. This co-written, multi-stranded book... Lees meer

Chartier in Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 11
• The significance of the works of Alain Chartier in the development of European literature. Chartier in Europe is the first sustained enquiry into the ... Lees meer

De kinderen van de weduwe

Henri Loevenbruck

• E-book | Nederlands | Gallica
• Henri Loevenbruck, Gallica 3 - De Kinderen van de Weduwe Heel lang geleden en hier ver vandaan... In het jaar 1154 worden de mensen in Gallica, het ou... Lees meer

Anne de Graville and Women's Literary Networks in Early Modern France

Elizabeth L'Estrange

• Hardcover | Frans | Gallica | nr. 49
• First detailed reconstruction of Anne de Graville's library, establishing her as one of the most well-read and erudite poets of the period. In the 152... Lees meer

Medieval Saints' Lives

Emma Campbell

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 12
• The significance of Old French hagiography in current theoretical debates in medieval studies and the humanities. Contending that the study of hagiogr... Lees meer

De stem van de nevels

Henri Loevenbruck

• E-book | Nederlands | Gallica
• Henri Loevenbruck Gallica 2 - De Stem van de Nevels Er was eens... Heel lang geleden... ... in het land Gallica, het legendarische Frankrijk van lang ... Lees meer

Marie de France: A Critical Companion

Sharon Kinoshita, Peggy McCracken

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 24
• Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her 'Lais',... Lees meer

Blindness and Therapy in Late Medieval French and Italian Poetry

Julie Singer

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 20
• An examination of the ways in which late medieval lyric poetry can be seen to engage with contemporary medical theory. This book argues that late medi... Lees meer

Translation and Temporality in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie

Maud Burnett McInerney

• Hardcover | Engels, Oudfrans | Gallica | nr. 47
• The story of the Trojan War has been told and retold across the ages, from Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid to recent film and television adaptations... Lees meer

Christine de Pizan's Changing Opinion

Douglas Kelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 4
• Christine de Pizan's lifelong quest for certainty. Christine de Pizan's Changing Opinion examines the evolution of Christine's thought on true and fal... Lees meer

De zoon van de wolvenjager

Henri Loevenbruck

• E-book | Nederlands | Gallica
• Henri Loevenbruck, Gallica 1 - De Zoon van de Wolvenjager ER WAS EENS... IN EEN ANDERE TIJD... ... Gallica, het legendarische Frankrijk van lang geled... Lees meer

Marie de France: A Critical Companion

Sharon Kinoshita, Peggy McCracken

• Paperback | Engels | Gallica | nr. 24
• This new companion to the works of Marie de France offers fresh insights into the standard critical debates. Marie de France is the author of some of ... Lees meer

Philippe de Vigneulles and the Art of Prose Translation

Catherine M Jones

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 9
• The cultural agenda of Philippe de Vigneulles, translator of the Lorraine epic cycle into Middle French prose. Over fifty chansons de geste were rewor... Lees meer

The Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure

• Paperback | Engels | Gallica | nr. 41
• First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences. Benoît de Sainte-Maure's ... Lees meer

Poetry, Knowledge and Community in Late Medieval France

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 13
• The role of poetry in the transmission and shaping of knowledge in late medieval France. Covering the period from the late thirteenth to the early six... Lees meer