Medieval Dutch Literature in its European Context
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780521032346
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Germany; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; European - German; Medieval; Dutch literature--To 1500--History and critic; Dutch literature--To 1500--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; Literary Criticism-European - German; European - General
First sentence: The genres of chivalric romance and courtly lyrical poetry existed in Europe continuously from the twelfth-century troubadours onwards up to and including the sixteenth-century Italian humanists, thanks to the centuries-long patronage of an impressive list of rulers in France, England, Italy and elsewhere.
Notes: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature