1st Edition

Spanish and Portuguese Romances of Chivalry

By Henry Thomas Copyright 2003
    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2005. This book provides a comprehensive review of a remarkable popular literary movement which began in the Spanish Peninsula about the turn of the fifteenth century, spread over western Europe, including England, and having flourished and exercised a considerable influence for some time, died out so completely as to be almost forgotten. Many of the romances created by the movement are now extremely rare and so they are presented here in one volume for the benefit of scholars and general readers alike.

    I. THE ROMANCE OF CHIVALRY IN THE SPANISH PENINSULA BEFORE THE YEAR 1500 II. AMADIS DE GAULA AND ITS CONTINUATIONS III. THE PALMERIN ROMANCES IV. SMALLER GROUPS AND ISOLATED ROMANCES V. THE PREVALENCE AND THE DECLINE OF THE NEW ROMANCES IN THE SPANISH PENINSULA VI. THE EXTENSION OF THE NEW ROMANCES ON THE CONTINENT. VII. THE NEW CHIVALRESQUE ROMANCES IN ENGLAND

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    Henry Thomas