Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Sympathy for a Devil? Merlin's Conception according to Robert de Boron and Paulino Pieri
- 2 Death of the Author: Merlin's Imprisonment by the Dame du Lac
- 3 Beyond the Limits of Interpretation: Rewriting Prophetic Discourse in the Estoire de Merlin and the Suite du Merlin
- 4 ‘Ce dit Merlin’: Open and Closed Prophecies in the Italian Merlin Tradition
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Chronology of Primary Texts
- Appendix 2 Summaries of the Principal Texts Discussed
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Appendix 1 - Chronology of Primary Texts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Sympathy for a Devil? Merlin's Conception according to Robert de Boron and Paulino Pieri
- 2 Death of the Author: Merlin's Imprisonment by the Dame du Lac
- 3 Beyond the Limits of Interpretation: Rewriting Prophetic Discourse in the Estoire de Merlin and the Suite du Merlin
- 4 ‘Ce dit Merlin’: Open and Closed Prophecies in the Italian Merlin Tradition
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Chronology of Primary Texts
- Appendix 2 Summaries of the Principal Texts Discussed
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
The texts discussed in this book are denoted in bold.
c. 1123–39: Historia regum Britanniae, Geoffrey of Monmouth, England
c. 1155: Roman de Brut, Robert Wace, northern France
c. 1160s–80s: The Arthurian romances of Chrétien de Troyes, northern France
c. 1200: Grail Trilogy in verse (including the Merlin), Robert de Boron, eastern France[?]
c. 1215–20: The Vulgate Cycle (including the Estoire de Merlin, the prose translation and continuation of Robert de Boron's Merlin), anonymous, France
c. 1215–35: Le roman de Tristan en prose, anonymous, France
c. 1235–40: La Suite du Merlin, anonymous, France
c. 1260–66: Li Livres dou Tresor, Brunetto Latini, France
c. 1270–74: Le Roman du roi Artus, Rustichello da Pisa, Pisa
c. 1279: Les Prophecies de Merlin, ‘Maistre Richart d'irlande’, Venice
c. 1280–1300: Il Novellino, anonymous, Florence
c. 1283–88: Cronica, Salimbene di Adam, Reggio Emilia
End of 13th century: Tristano Riccardiano, anonymous, Tuscany
1308–20: La Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri, Florence
After 1320: Cronica delle cose d'italia dall'anno 1080 fino all'anno 1305, Paulino Pieri, Florence
1324–30: La Storia di Merlino, Paulino Pieri, Florence
Early 14th century: Tristano panciatichiano, anonymous, western Tuscany
Early 14th century: Tristano veneto, anonymous, Venice
Early 14th century: La Tavola Ritonda, anonymous, Tuscany
1452: Lo libero dello savio Merlin profecta, Jachomo de Çuane Barbier, Venice
1480: La Historia di Merlino, divisa in VI libri, printed by Luca Venitiano, Venice
1483: Orlando innamorato, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Ferrara
1498: Histoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin, printed by Antoine Vérard, Paris
1516: Orlando furioso, Ludovico Ariosto, Ferrara
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- The Medieval Merlin Tradition in France and ItalyProphecy, Paradox, and Translatio, pp. 179 - 180Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017