Jean de Saintré: A Late Medieval Education in Love and Chivalry

by Antoine de La Sale

Written in 1456 and purporting to be the biography of the actual fourteenth-century knight of its title, Jean de Saintr has been called the first modern novel in French and one of the first historical novels in any language. Taken in hand at the age of thirteen by an older and much more experienced lady, Madame des Belles Cousines, the youth grows into an accomplished knight, winning numerous tournaments and even leading a crusade against...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245865
• ISBN13: 9780812245868
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"