A Familiar Dialogue of the Friend and the Fellow: A Translation of Alain Chartier's ^IDialogus Familiaris Amici et Sodalis^R: 295 (Early English Text Society Original Series)

(edited by Margaret S. Blayney)

ISBN 10: 0197222978 / ISBN 13: 9780197222973

Published by Early English Text Society, 1989

About this Item

A late 15th century translation of the Latin work "Dialogus familiaris amici et sodalis", which laments the conditions of France due to corruption and vices, especially avarice and ambition, of the rulers, the army and the "common people" in the early 15th century. Editor(s): Blayney, Margaret S. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 70 pages, Cloth over boards. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358. Light shelfwear to covers. 1989. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Familiar Dialogue of the Friend and the Fellow: A Translation of Alain Chartier's ^IDialogus Familiaris Amici et Sodalis^R: 295 (Early English Text Society Original Series)
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197222978
• ISBN 13: 9780197222973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This is a new critical edition of A Famylyer Dyaloge of the Freende and the Felaw, a late 15th-century translation of the Latin work Dialogus familiaris amici et sodalis (c. 1425) by Alain Chartier. The prose work forcefully laments the ruinous conditions in France brought about by the corruption and vices of the rulers, army, and common people in the early 15th century.

Review

'It is good to have this work in print ... and deepens the debt mediaevalists owe to Margaret Blayney, whose earlier volumes of Alain Chartier have already appeared in this series ... this is a careful and interesting edition which will reward any informed reader amply.' Medium Aevum