New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

medieval studies
Jehan Bodel: Le Jeu de saint Nicolas
edited by Albert Henry
As an homage to André Chastagnol, this collection of
twenty-three articles shows the important place that
he reserved for imperial power. The historian’s rigorous
treatment of diverse sources and his wide-ranging interests
are evident, from studies on epigraphic imperial
titles to the imperial cult in the West, from the foundation
of the Augustinian Principate to the Merovingian
kingdoms. This collection preserves and extends the
contribution of Chastagnol’s work, making it accessible
to new generations of researchers, and renewing research
perspectives. Reprint of 1981 edition. French text.
180p, paperback, 9782600006576, $20.00(s),
Librairie Droz, December 2008, Textes Littéraires Français 290.
Moralité à six personnages
(BNF ms. fr. 25467)
critical edition by Joël Blanchard
This volume publishes an exceptional text that combines
theater, astrology and politics, denouncing the governmental
methods of Louis XI at the time of the Estates
General of 1484. The author, possibly Henri Baude, was
a man of the courts, aware of university and political
mores, and a gifted rhetorician. Joël Blanchard deciphers
a difficult text, offering new light on the political
and cultural history of the second half of the fifteenth
century. French text.
186p, paperback, 9782600012331, $70.00(s),
Librairie Droz, December 2008, Textes Littéraires Français 596.
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Marco Polo: Le Devisement du monde
Tome VI et dernier. Livre d’Ynde. Retour vers l’Occident
(Critical Edition)
edited by Philippe Ménard
The sixth volume of the Devisement du Monde traces Marco Polo’s return to the
West. The traveler reveals curiosities from Indonesia to Sumatra, Ceylon, and
India’s eastern and western coasts. This volume, like its predecessors, combines
the real and the imaginary, and throughout this tale the marvels of Asia
continue to intrigue and fascinate. French text.
408p, 29 illus, paperback, 9782600012492, $42.00(s), Librairie Droz,
October 2009, Textes Littéraires Français 597.
Alexandre le Bourguignon
Étude du roman Les Faicts et les Conquestes d’Alexandre
le Grand de Jehan Wauquelin
by Sandrine Hériché-Pradeau
Les Faicts et Conquestes d’Alexandre le Grand recapitulates the
Romanesque Alexandrian tradition. Wauquelin drew from various and
diverse narratives in verse and prose, intertwining the sources with a
mastery of the art of composition. By taking an interest in the sources of
his work, it is possible to describe and more closely examine the act of
rewriting that is at the heart of creation during this period. French text.
480p, 43 illus, paperback, 9782600011976, $130.00(s), Librairie Droz,
December 2008, Publications Romanes et Françaises 244.
Moun Lengatge bèl
Les choix linguistiques minoritaires en France, 1490–1660
by Jean-François Courouau
The corpus of poetic works in languages such as Occitan, Oïl dialects,
Franco-Provençal, Breton, and Basque since the advent of printing in
France begs the question of why authors would choose a less prestigious
local language over French or Latin. This study sheds light on the
esthetical motives of poets who wished to ground their works in the
context of local everyday life. French text.
472p, paperback, 9782600011891, $70.00(s), Librairie Droz,
December 2008, Cahiers d’Humanisme et Renaissance 86.
Philippe de Mézières: Une Epistre lamentable et consolatoire
adressée en 1397 à Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne, sur la défaite de Nicopolis (1396)
edited by Philippe Contamine and Jacques Paviot
Philippe de Mézières received a revelation that would guide his life while praying at the Holy Sepulcher: a
new chivalric order, the Passion of Jesus Christ, dedicated to liberating the Holy Land. He rewrote the order’s
rules many times, sending them to kings and noblemen in France and England, the last time after the disaster
of Nicopolis, proposing his “medicine” for the ails of Christendom: the Order of the Passion. French text.
269p, paperback, 9782354071165, $60.00(s), Librairie Droz, December 2008, Société de l’Histoire de France 535.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009