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Ed. L. de Mas Latrie. Société de l'Orient Latin, Geneva, 1877. This is a poem not much shorter than the
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Ed. P. Paris. Société des Bibliophiles, Paris, 1875. This is a very interesting poem consisting of more than 9000 lines, mostly octosyllabic couplets, with ballades, etc. interspersed, one of which is given at the end of this chapter. It is addressed either to Agnes of Navarre, or, as M. P. Paris thought, to Péronelle d'Armentières, and was written in 1362, when the author was probably very old.
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Deschamps is said to have been also named Morel. A complete edition of his works has been undertaken for the Old French Text Society by the Marquis de Queux de Saint Hilaire.
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Ballades, 147, 149. Ed. Queux de St. Hilaire.
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Ed. Schéler. 3 vols. Brussels, 1870-1872.
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Ed. Héricault. 2 vols. Paris, 1874. Charles d'Orléans was the son of the Duke of Orleans, who was murdered by the Burgundians, and of Valentina of Milan. He was born in 1391, taken prisoner at Agincourt, ransomed in 1449, and he died in 1465. His son was Louis XII.
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Ed. Queux de St. Hilaire. Paris, 1868.
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These, as well as
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Vols. 1-6. Paris, 1876-1881.
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Ed. G. Paris and G. Raynaud. Paris, 1878.
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Ed. J. de Rothschild. Vols. i-iii. Paris, 1878-1881.
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See Monmerqué and Michel,
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Paris, n. d.
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A history of the mediaeval theatre has been undertaken by M. Petit de Julleville, of which two volumes, containing an excellent account of the Mysteries, have appeared (Paris, 1880). Information on other points is rather scattered, but it will be found well summarised in Aubertin,
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The chronicle of the pseudo-Turpin is of little real importance in the history of French literature, because it is admitted to have been written in Latin. The busy idleness of critics has however prompted them to discuss at great length the question whether the
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Ed. N. de Wailly. Paris, 1874.
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Ed. P. Paris. 2 vols., 1879-80. It is characteristic of the middle ages that this work usually bore the title of
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Ed. N. de Wailly. Paris, 1874. Besides the
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Ed. Kervyn de Lettenhove. 20 vols., Brussels. Ed. S. Luce, Paris, in course of publication. The edition of Buchon, 3 vols., Paris, 1855, is still the best for general use. Froissart's poems give many biographical details which are interesting, but unimportant. He wandered all his life from court to court, patronised and pensioned by kings, queens, and princes. He was successively
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Ed. Buchon. Paris, 1858.
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Chastellain has been fortunate, like most Flemish writers, in being excellently and completely edited (by M. Kervyn de Lettenhove. 8 vols., Brussels).
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Ed. Michaud et Poujoulat.
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Ed. Michaud et Poujoulat.
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Ed. Michaud et Poujoulat, in whose collection most of the many authors here mentioned will be also found.
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Ed. Montaiglon. Paris, 1854.
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A good example of these is the
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Paris, 1876.
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Paris, 1858.
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Ed. Settegast. Halle, 1881.
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Ed. Guichard. Paris, 1843.
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Ed. Jannet. Paris, 1853; 2nd ed. 1857.
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Ed. Wright. Paris, 1858.
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Ed. Fournier,
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Ed. Kervyn de Lettenhove, viii. 1-259.