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1	The Song of Roland more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Translator), Anonymous On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The "Song of Roland", written by an unknown poet, tells of Charlemagne's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Lais of Marie de France more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Translator), Keith Busby (Translator) This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of her but she was probably the Abbess of the abbey at Shaftesbury in the late 12th century, illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and hence the half-sister of Henry II of England. It was to a king, and probably Henry II, that she dedicated ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Marie de France: An Analytical Bibliography, Supplement No. 3 more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Editor), Giovanna Angeli This is the fourth volume of "Marie de France Bibliography", following on from the original volume (1977) and the two Supplements (1986, 1997). Each volume provides full details of editions and translations of the three works normally attributed to Marie de France (the "Lais", the "Fables" and the "Espurgatoire seint Patriz"), plus alphabetically ... see all copies from $58.75! new only from $94.08! \| SVS
4	Voyage of Saint Brendan: Representative Versions of the Legend in English Translation, with Indexes of Themes and Motifs from the Stories more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Translator), W R J Barron (Translator) The story of the voyage of the sixth-century Irish saint, Brendan the Navigator, is one of the greatest legends of the Middle Ages. To the nations of medieval Europe the ocean voyage became a metaphor for the perilous journey of the Christian soul in search of the Promised Land, and no spiritual odyssey attracted wider interest. In recent years ... see all copies from $22.86! new only from $35.94! \| SVS
5	Court And Poet: Selected Proceedings Of The Third Congress Of The International Courtly Literature Society more books like this by Glyn S. Burgess (Editor) see all copies from $32.55! new only from $112.50! \| first editions
6	French Arthurian Literature IV: Eleven Old French Narrative Lays more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Editor), Leslie C Brook (Editor) The lay was a flourishing genre in the French courts of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, related to romance rather as the modern short story is to the novel. Its most famous exponent is arguably Marie de France, but in addition to her twelve lays, a number of others, mainly anonymous, have also come down to us, usually referred to as Breton ... see all copies from $83.43! new only from $93.34! \| SVS
7	The History of the Norman People: Wace's Roman de Rou more books like this by Wace, Glyn S Burgess (Translator), Elisabeth Van Houts (Translator) "Wace's Roman de Rou" relates the origins of Normandy from the time of Rollo (Rou) to the battle of Tinchebray. It was commissioned by Henry II as a way of both celebrating the Norman past and justifying the right of Norman rulers to the throne of England: the accounts it gives of the early life of William the Conqueror and of the battle of ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $30.69! \| SVS
8	The Old French Narrative Lay: An Analytical Bibliography more books like this by Glyn S Burgess This volume presents an analytical bibliography of twenty narrative lays written in French in the late twelfth or early thirteenth centuries - Aristote, Conseil, Cor, Desire, Doon, Espervier, Espine, Graelent, Guingamor, Haveloc, Ignaure, Lecheor, Mantel, Melion, Nabaret, Oiselet, Ombre, Trot, Tydorel and Tyolet - seeking to provide a complete ... see all copies from $20.97! new only from $107.14! \| first editions
9	Arthur of the French: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Editor), Dr Karen Pratt (Editor) This major reference work is the fourth volume in the series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages. Its intention is to update the French and Occitan chapters in R.S. Loomis's "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History" (Oxford, 1959) and to provide a volume which will serve the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian ... see all copies from $102.04! new only from $102.04! \| first editions
10	The Brendan Legend: Texts and Versions more books like this by Barbara Crawford (Editor), Glyn S Burgess (Editor), Clara Strijbosch (Editor) "The Brendan Legend: Texts and Versions" deals with the vast textual tradition relating to the Irish Saint Brendan, known as 'The Navigator'. Stories about Brendan have been popular in the whole of Western Europe, from the seventh to the twentieth century. The themes of the book are the interrelated problems of the textual and literary embedding ... see all copies from $60.40! new only from $60.40!
11	Marie de France: An Analytical Bibliography more books like this by Glyn S Burgess see all copies from $55.75! new only from $55.75!
12	Marie de France: An Analytical Bibliography Supplement No 1 more books like this by Glyn S Burgess see all copies from $51.58! new only from $51.58!
13	The Lais of Marie de France : text and context more books like this by Glyn S. Burgess see all copies from $134.64!
14	Legend of St Brendan: A Critical Bibliography more books like this by Glyn S Burgess, Clara Strijbosch St Brendan, also known as Brendan the Navigator and Brendan of Clonfert, was born in County Kerry, Ireland. The Annals of Inisfallen record his birth as being in the year 486, and he is thought to have died in 575. He is best known through the seafaring tale Navigatio sancti Brendani (The Voyage of St Brendan), which has been preserved in a large ... see all copies from $29.32! new only from $29.32!
15	Chretien de Troyes, Erec Et Enide more books like this by Glyn S Burgess see all copies from $15.00! signed copies

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