Publisher:
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Published:
2009
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18028561033
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0888441657. Kb62...viii, 296 pp. Bibliography, indices. Octavo. Hardcovers in dark brown with a cream parchment-colored band, with a medieval image of Le Chevalier au cygne. Covers are clean and nice, slight bumping of top corners. Gift inscription from the author to a noted medieval historian signed "D. K." on the first free end paper, otherwise clean and tight. A very nice copy. Preliminaries in English, some essays in French, some in English with Latin and early French here and there. "From a end of the 11th century to the 13th century, French and Occitan literatures acquired a productivity and level of sophistication that made them the leading models for other European literatures. New genres...(such as the troubadour concept of love), were first expressed in vernacular creations, and even learned Latin authors soon felt obliged to take notice of these developments..."; Studies and Texts; Toronto Studies in Romance Philoloy I; Vol. 165; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 296 pages; Signed by Author.