NIGEL BRYANT is well known for his lively and accurate versions of medieval French works. His translations of Chrétien de Troyes“ Percevaland all its continuations and of the extraordinary late Arthurian romance Perceforest have been major achievements; he has also translated Jean le Bel“s history of the early stages of the Hundred Years War, and the 13th- and 14th-century biographies of William Marshal and Bertrand du Guesclin. He was awarded the 2019 Norris J. Lacy Prize for outstanding editorial achievement in Arthurian studies.
25 Ebooks von Nigel Bryant
Jehan Wauquelin: The Medieval Romance of Alexander
Nigel Bryant’s is the first translation of an example of the many medieval romances about Alexander, as popular in their day as those about Arthur.
The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the m …
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A Perceforest Reader
Perceforest is one of the largest and certainly the most extraordinary of the late Arthurian romances, and is almost completely unknown except to a handful of scholars. But it is a work of …
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€24.99
Nigel Bryant: The Legend of the Grail
A single, consistent and accessible narrative of the Grail story, constructed from the principal motifs and narrative strands of all the original Grail romances.
The quest for the Holy Grail is o …
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Chrétien de Troyes: The Complete Story of the Grail
The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes‘
Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an …
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€23.99
Robert de Boron: Merlin and the Grail
This trilogy establishes a provenance for the Holy Grail and, through the figure of Merlin, links Joseph of Arimathea with mythical British history and with the knightly adventures of Perceval’s Grai …
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Chretien de Troyes: Perceval
The original version of one of the greatest and most potent of medieval legends.
Chrétien de Troyes‘
Perceval is the most important single Arthurian romance. It contains the very first mention o …
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€27.99
Chrétien de Troyes: The Complete Story of the Grail
The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes‘
Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, leaving an …
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€27.99
The History of William Marshal
The career of William Marshal, who rose from being the penniless, landless younger son of a middle-ranking nobleman to be regent of England in the minority of Henry III, is one of the most extraordin …
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€32.99
Nigel Bryant: The Song of Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin is one of the great French heroes of the Hundred Years War, his story every bit as remarkable as Joan of Arc’s. The son of a minor Breton noble, he rose in the 1360s and ’70s to …
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Robert de Boron: Merlin and the Grail
It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the legend of the Holy Grail and in the evolution of Arthurian literature as a whole. They give a …
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€21.99
Cuvelier: The Song of Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin was one of the main architects of the recovery of France. From humble beginnings he rose to become one of the great heroic figures of French history. This is the first English tr …
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Nigel Bryant: The Tournaments at Le Hem and Chauvency
First translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance.
The Romance of Le Hem and The Tour …
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Elizabeth Archibald & David F. Johnson: Arthurian Literature XXX
Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical is …
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Ian Wilson: The Book of Geoffroi de Charny
The Livre Charny (Charny’s Book), by the 14th century French knight Geoffroi de Charny, translated here by Nigel Bryant with an introduction by Ian Wilson.
The poem known as the
Livre Charny (Ch …
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Nigel Bryant: Tournaments at Le Hem and Chauvency
First translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance.The Romance of Le Hem and The …
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€31.17
Jean Le Bel: The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel, 1290 – 1360
The chronicles of Jean le Bel are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years‘ War. This is the first English translation of a work written from eyewitness accounts and p …
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Nigel Bryant: The Legend of the Grail
The quest for the Holy Grail is one of the most important elements in the story of King Arthur. Yet even among the many interested in the stories of the Round Table, very few have read at first hand …
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€11.99
Chretien de Troyes: Perceval
Chrétien de Troyes‘
Perceval is the most important single Arthurian romance. It contains the very first mention of the mysterious grail, later to become the Holy Grail and the focal point of the …
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€23.99
A <I>Perceforest</I> Reader
Perceforest is one of the largest and certainly the most extraordinary of the late Arthurian romances, and is almost completely unknown except to a handful of scholars. But it is a work of …
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€11.99
Raoul de Houdenc: Chrétien’s Equal: Raoul de Houdenc
By his contemporaries, Raoul de Houdenc was ‚mentioned in the same breath as Chrétien de Troyes as one of the masters of French poetry‘ (Keith Busby, The New Arthurian Encyclopaedia).
The writers …
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The New Reynard
A translation of three works from the second half of the 13th century: Rutebeuf’s
Renart le Bestourné
, the anonymous
Le Couronnement de Renart and Jacquemart Gielée’s
Renart le Nouvel
. These …
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€32.99
New Reynard
A translation of three works from the second half of the 13th century: Rutebeuf’s Renart le Bestourne, the anonymous Le Couronnement de Renart and Jacquemart Gielee’s Renart le Nouvel. These savage …
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€31.15
The Book of the Deeds of the Good Knight Jacques de Lalaing
Contains detailed, eyewitness accounts of the most memorable exploits of a man
fit to be memorialised as a model of ideal knighthood.
‚My honoured lord, I am sending you certain recollection …
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€27.99
Perceforest
A highly readable version of this remarkable and largely unexplored work.
Perceforest is one of the largest and certainly the most extraordinary of the late Arthurian romances. Justly described …
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€43.99
Book of the Deeds of the Good Knight Jacques de Lalaing
Contains detailed, eyewitness accounts of the most memorable exploits of a man fit to be memorialised as a model of ideal knighthood.’My honoured lord, I am sending you certain recollections of the …
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€24.92
