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Melusine; Or The Noble History Of Lusignan, Donald Maddox, Sara Sturm-Maddox Dec 2011

Melusine; Or The Noble History Of Lusignan, Donald Maddox, Sara Sturm-Maddox

Donald Maddox

Jean d’Arras’s splendid late fourteenth-century prose romance Melusine – written for Jean de Berry, the brother of King Charles V of France – is one of the most significant and complex literary works of the later Middle Ages. The author, promising to tell us “how the noble and powerful fortress of Lusignan in Poitou was founded by a fairy,” writes a ceaselessly astonishing account of the origins of the powerful feudal dynasty of the Lusignans in southwestern France, which flourished in western Europe and the Near East during the age of the Crusades. The spellbinding story of the destinies of …


Fictions Of Identity In Medieval France, Donald Maddox Dec 1999

Fictions Of Identity In Medieval France, Donald Maddox

Donald Maddox

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The Arthurian Romances Of Chrétien De Troyes: Once And Future Fictions, Donald Maddox Dec 1990

The Arthurian Romances Of Chrétien De Troyes: Once And Future Fictions, Donald Maddox

Donald Maddox

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Semiotics Of Deceit: The Pathelin Era, Donald Maddox Dec 1983

Semiotics Of Deceit: The Pathelin Era, Donald Maddox

Donald Maddox

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Structure And Sacring: The Systematic Kingdom In Chrétien's 'Erec Et Enide', Donald Maddox Dec 1977

Structure And Sacring: The Systematic Kingdom In Chrétien's 'Erec Et Enide', Donald Maddox

Donald Maddox

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