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General Resources |
| The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (links to articles on Anglo-Norman language and culture, as well as description of on-line dictionary project) (U. of Wales, Aberystwyth, and U. of Wales, Swansea) |
| Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| French Middle Ages (comprehensive set of links, by David A. Gatwood) (Globe-Gate Project, TennesseeBob Peckham, U. of Tennessee at Martin) |
| French Medieval Literature & Civilization (The Labyrinth) |
| Cristian-Ioan Pânzaru (U. of Bucharest) Introduction à l'étude de la littéerature médiévale française (links to numerous study guides for aspects of medieval French literature, in French) |
| Old French on the Web (site with numerous links to Old French texts, to linguistic aids, and to cultural background information) (Joseph E. Price, Indiana U.) |
| Le théâtre médiévale (homepage linking to some 19 e-texts of plays in Old French, with an emphasis on mystery plays) (Rennes U.) |
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Authors and Anonymous Works (anonymous works alphabetized by standard title; some works are arranged by common subject or provenance) |
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Adam de la Halle |
| Adam de la Halle bibliography (Jesse Hurlbut, Brigham Young U.) |
| Li gieus de Robin et Marion (in Old French, with full scholarly apparatus for the edition) (Olivier Bettens) |
| Li jus Adan ou De la feuilee (Old French edition from the Monmerqué and Michel 1842 edition) (Jeffrey Grav, Indiana U.) |
| Albéric de Pisançon ou de Briançon Roman d'Alexandre (author bio and link to full e-text; also includes e-texts of two other literary renditions of the Alexander legend) (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
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Aucassin et Nicolette |
| C'est d'Aucasin et de Nicolette: A Medieval Chant-Fable (web essay including facing Old French and English translation of entire text, introductory essay, with numerous illuminations from a Picard manuscript contemporary with the poem) (Julia Bolton Holloway, U. of Colorado, Boulder) |
| Aucassin et Nicolette (translation into English by Eugene Mason) (Blackmask Online) |
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La chanson de Roland |
| La Chanson de Roland (short description, with link to full e-text in Old French) (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
| The Song of Roland (e-text of John O'Hagan's translation) (Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham U.) |
| The Song of Roland (text based on Moncrief's 1919 translation) (Online Medieval and Classical Library; Douglas B. Killings) |
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Charles d'Orléans |
| Charles, Duc d'Orléans (links to some 20 texts) (Emily Ezust, The Lied and Art Song Texts Page) |
| Charles d'Orléans (biography, plus texts of 7 poems)(La bibliothèque de la DGCID) |
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Chretien de Troyes |
| The Charrette Project (texts, background, and criticism of Chretien de Troyes' Le chevalier de la charrette; "a scholarly, multi-media electronic archive")(Princeton U.) |
| Chevalier au lion (transcriptions in Old French from a number of manuscripts) (Laboratoire de français ancien, U. of Ottawa) |
| Chevalier au lion: Transcription synoptique des manuscrits et fragments (manuscript description and transcription into Old French, as part of the LAF hosted by U. of Ottawa) (Kajsa Meyer, U. of Copenhagen) |
| Cliges (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Le Conte du Graal (Perceval) (in Old French;transcription of ms BN fr 794)(Pierre Kunstman, U. of Ottawa) |
| Erec et Enide (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Erec et Enide (in Old French) (Rennes U.) |
| Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
| Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion (modern English,W.W.Comfort, trans.)(Online Medieval and Classical Library; U. California, Berkeley) |
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Perceval: Continuations and Supplements |
| Perceval: The Elucidation ("Translated from the Perceval B.N. 12576; it is an anonymous1 prologue appended to Chretien de Troyes' Perceval, and was translated by Sebastian Evans.") (Celtic Literature Collective) |
| Sir Gawain and the Grail ("The Gawain episode from the First Continuation of Perceval.Trans. by Jessie L. Weston") (Celtic Literature Collective) |
| Sir Gawain and The Lady of Lys ("Perceval Continuation One: the Pseudo-Wauchier trans. by Jessie L. Weston") (Celtic Literature Collective) |
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Christine de Pizan |
| Christine de Pizan (biography and bibliography) (Sunshine for Women) |
| The Christine de Pizan Database (description of project, concordances, and wordlists) (James Laidlaw, U. of Edinburgh) |
| Christine de Pizan Le Dit de la Rose (e-text of the 1891 Maurice Roy edition) (Miranda Beaven Remnek, U. of Minnesota) |
| Christine de Pisan Early Modern French Women Writers Collection (links to e-texts of 5 of Christine's works) (Electronic Text Research Center, U. of Minnesota) |
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Eustache Deschamps |
| Eustache Deschamps (short bio and texts of 3 poems, in French) (Florilège de la poésie française) |
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François Villon |
| François Villon (e-texts of some 30 poems) (Thierry Schwab, Webnet) |
| Société François Villon (numerous links to e-texts of Villon's poetry, including links to music files) (Robert D. Peckham, U. of Tennessee-Martin) |
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Jean Froissart |
| Jean Froissart The Chronicles of Froissart, Translated by Lord Berners (full text in English, from Macaulay's 1910 edition) (Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia) |
| Jean Froissart, Chronicles, 15th Century. (manuscript illuminations from BNF FR 2643) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française) |
| Jean Froissart, Tales from Froissart (excerpts from Thomas Johnes's English translation of Froissart's Chronicles) (Steve Muhlberger, Nipissing U., Canada) |
| The Jean Froissart Project (description of project, links to a bibliography with numerous Froissart resources)(Peter Ainsworth, U. of Liverpool) |
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Guillaime de Machaut |
| Machaut on the Web (numerous links, plus link to the International Machaut Society homepage) (Alice Clark, Loyola U., and Cynthia Cyrus, Vanderbilt U.)) |
| Guillaume de Machaut: Discography, Biography, and Lyrics (Pierre-F. Roberge and Todd M. McComb) |
| Guillaume de Machaut Le livre du voir dit (in the Old French) (U. of Limoges) |
| Guillaume le Clerc De la male honte |
| Jean Bodel Le jeu de Saint Nicholas (intro and e-text in Old French) Mihaela Voicu, U. of Bucharest) |
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Marie de France |
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General Resources |
| Paul Brians (Washington State U.) The Lais of Marie de France Study Guide |
| Dorothy Disse Marie de France (includes a comprehensive set of links to primary and secondary sources, excerpts in translation, and annotated bibliography, as part of the Other Women's Voices site) |
| International Marie de France Society (Chantal A. Maréchal, Virginia Commonwealth U.) |
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Texts |
| Marie de France Les Lais de Marie de France (e-texts of all Marie's lais in Old French) (U. of Manitoba) |
| Marie de France The Lays of Marie de France: A Verse Translation (Judy Shoaf, U. of Florida) |
| Romances from the Lays of Marie de France (e-text of Eugene Mason's 1911 introduction and translations) (Project Gutenberg EBook) |
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Secondary Criticism |
| Kinoshita, Sharon (U. California, Santa Cruz) Adultery and Kingship in Marie de France's Equitan> |
| Philippe de Thaon The Bestiary of Philippe de Thaon (intro and links to 3 e-text versions, including the original Anglo-Norman of the Livre des creatures, edited by Thomas Wright) (David Badke, The Medieval Bestiary) |
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Le roman de Renart |
| The History of Reynard the Fox (intro and link to 2 versions of William Caxton's 1481 translation, as edited by Henry Morley)(David Badke) |
| Roman de Renart (extended extracts from Renart texts in Old French) (Hiroshima U.) |
| Mihaela Voicu (U. of Bucharest) Le Roman de Renart (introduction to the history of Renart composition, as well as discussion of specific incidents, in French) |
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Le roman de la rose (Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun) |
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Manuscripts |
| Roman de la Rose: Digital Surrogates of Medieval Manuscripts (ongoing project of the Morgan S. Eisenhower and Pierpont Morgan Libraries, aimed at reproducing 6 Rose manuscripts; requires password) (Johns Hopkins U.) |
| Roman de la Rose: Hunterian Bw.3.6 (includes introudction, as well as manuscript images and description) (Glasgow U. Library) |
| Thomas d'Angleterre (short bio of author, with links to e-texts of fragments of Tristan in Anglo-Norman (Bibliotheca Augustana) |
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Troubadours, Trouveres, and Trobaritz |
| John Jinright (Long Island School of Music) "The Troubadours of France, 1100-1300" (1998) (survey essay, plus bibliography) |
| (Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, U. Concordia) "Les écrits des trobairitz" (discussion of women troubadours, along with a bibliography) |
| Troubadours and Jongleurs (links to biographical data of known troubadours, as well as to discography data for selected sources) (Pierre-F. Roberge) |
| La Vengeance Raguidel (complete e-text) (May Plouzeau, U. of Provence) |
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Wace |
| Wace Arthur dans le Roman de Brut de Wace (transcriptions of Arthurian portions) (Laboratoire de Francais Ancien, U. of Ottowa) |
| Wace The "Arthurian" Portion of the Roman de Brut (text of Eugene Mason's translation) (In parentheses Publications) |
| Roman de Rou (links to discussions of Wace's biography, his language, an e-text of the prologue to Rou, and more) (La Société Jersiaise) |
| Council of Remiremont (12th-C. Latin verse mock-account of a church council on Love; with English introduction and annotations by Paul Pascal, U. Washington) |
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Cultural and Historical Contexts |
| Chantez-vous français? (discussion of music in medieval and Baroque France, in French; has full treatment of linguistic aspects) (Olivier Bettens) |
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Chronicles |
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The Crusades |
| Urban II Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, Five versions of the Speech (English translations; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Albert of Aix Historia Hierosolymita (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Anna Comnena The Alexiad (full English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| The Siege and Capture of Antioch: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Bernard of Clairvaux Apologia for the Second Crusade (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Bibliothèque Nationale de France (manuscript illuminations from the Crusades) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) |
| Paul Crawford Crusading (Articles, with links to primary sources, within the ORB online encyclopedia) |
| La deuxième croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the Second Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris) |
| La quatrième croisade (links to chronicle sources concerning the Fourth Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris) |
| The Crusades (full electronic course) (E. L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.) |
| Crusades: A Guide to Online Resources (annotated links, within the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies) (Paul Crawford) |
| Denmark and the Crusading Movement (project description, articles, links, and more) (U. Southern Denmark) |
| The First Crusade (overview, lecture transcript) (Lynn Harry Nelson, U. Kansas) |
| Fulcher of Chartres History of the Expedition to Jerusalem (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Geoffrey de Villehardouin Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Gesta francorum (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Guibert de Nogent On the First Crusade (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Internet Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades (links to primary sources, arranged by subject and period) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| William Urban "An Historical Overview of the Crusade to Livonia" (article within the ORB online encyclopedia) |
| Thomas Madden "The Impact of the Crusades" (1999) (article, within the ORB online encyclopedia) |
| Paul Magadalino "The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade" (article) (1996) |
| Solomon bar Samson The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 (translation into English, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Order of Malta: History of the order 1099-1999 (overview) (Order of Malta, Rome) |
| The Siege and Capture of Nicea: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Odo of Deuis The Crusade of Louis VII (English translation of selections, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Osbernus De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, 1147 [The Capture of Lisbon] (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade: Collected Accounts (English translations, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| La première croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the First Crusade, in French) (Yves Gravelle, U. of Sherbrooke) |
| Raymond d'Aguiliers Historia francorum qui ceperint Jerusalem (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
| Cairo History: The Age of Saladin (article, within larger site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida) |
| Kenneth M. Setton, ed. A History of the Crusades (online texts) (U. Wisconsin, Madison Libraries) |
| Third Crusade (within larger online course) (E.L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.) |
| William of Tyre History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
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Jean Froissart |
| Jean Froissart The Chronicles of Froissart, Translated by Lord Berners (full text in English, from Macaulay's 1910 edition) (Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia) |
| Jean Froissart, Chronicles, 15th Century. (manuscript illuminations from BNF FR 2643) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française) |
| Jean Froissart, Tales from Froissart (excerpts from Thomas Johnes's English translation of Froissart's Chronicles) (Steve Muhlberger, Nipissing U., Canada) |
| The Jean Froissart Project (description of project, links to a bibliography with numerous Froissart resources)(Peter Ainsworth, U. of Liverpool) |
| Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French) |
| Le Moyen Âge en lumière (numerous manuscript images used to highlight aspects of medieval culture, in French)(moyenageenlumiere.com) |
| Musée national du Moyen Âge (homepage for Paris museum, with links to descriptions of exhibitions and collections; in French) |
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