Melusine; Or, the Noble History of Lusignan

by D'Arras Jean, Alexander Karley Donald, Jean d'Arras

Book Overview

Jean d'Arras's splendid prose romance of 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271054158
• ISBN13: 9780271054155
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"