1st Edition

A Middle French Vowing Poem A Middle French Vowing Poem

Edited By John L. Grigsby, Norris J. Lacy Copyright 1992
    114 Pages
    by Routledge

    114 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1992, this text discusses Les Voeux du Heron, a short text, comprising only 442 lines that was popular in the late Middle Ages but is virtually unknown today. This book includes and English translation, as well as a reconstruction of Manuscript U, published in its entirety for the first time.

    1. Introduction. 2. Les Voeux du Heron and The Vows of the Heron. 3. Rejected Readings and Emendations. 4. Notes. 5. Appendix I: Manuscript U. 6. Appendix II: Chronographia Regum Francorum.

    Biography

    John L. Grigsby
    Norris J. Lacy