A PARTIAL EDITION OF "LES FAIS DES ROMMAINS" WITH A STUDY OF ITS STYLE AND SYNTAX by Thomas J. McCormick ( 9780773429185 )

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A PARTIAL EDITION OF "LES FAIS DES ROMMAINS" WITH A STUDY OF ITS STYLE AND SYNTAX
A MEDIEVAL ROMAN HISTORY

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0773429182

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9780773429185

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THE EDWIN MELLEN PRESS LTD

Series:

Studies in French Literature v. 20

Pages:

264

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An early 15th-century copy of an anonymous prose translation of Roman history, with Julius Caesar as the central figure, "Les Fais des Rommains" was an ambitious attempt to create a history of Roman civilization for a medieval audience. This study examines the variations in the numerous versions.

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An early 15th-century copy of an anonymous prose translation of Roman history, with Julius Caesar as the central figure, "Les Fais des Rommains" was an ambitious attempt to glean from the Roman historians a history of Roman civilization with intentional didactic emendations for a medieval audience. Fifty-nine manuscripts of the translation are accounted for, the oldest one written in the 13th century. Hence, changes in syntax and style and other miscellaneous variations between this 15th-century version and previously edited 13th-century renditions can be studied, where a scribe is faithful to his text, but echoes the thoughts and language of his own time. This study records and analyzes these changes and variations.

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