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Spanish and Portuguese romances of chivalry, the revival of the romance of chivalry in the Spanish Peninsula, and its extension and influence abroad

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PREFACE

THE following chapters represent, in an extended
form, a course of six lectures on Spanish and
Portuguese romances of chivalry delivered as the
Norman MacColl le... More

Spanish and Portuguese romances of chivalry, the revival of the romance of chivalry in the Spanish Peninsula, and its extension and influence abroad

The review from Amazon.com reviewer
PREFACE

THE following chapters represent, in an extended
form, a course of six lectures on Spanish and
Portuguese romances of chivalry delivered as the
Norman MacColl lectures in the University of Cam-
bridge during the Spring of 191 7. Their chief object
is to provide a comprehensive review of a remarkable
popular literary movement which began in the Spanish
Peninsula about the turn of the fifteenth century,
spread over western Europe, including our own coun-
try, and having flourished and exercised a considerable
influence for a time, died out so completely as to be
well-nigh forgotten nowadays except by students.
Various aspects of the movement, and a number of the
problems connected with it, have been treated by diffe-
rent writers in modern times; their results have been
taken into account, occasionally with corrections, in the
following pages, and some new material has been con-
tributed, especially in the later chapters.

The early editions of these romances of chivalry,
which are in most cases the only existing editions, are
extremely rare; but the writer has had facilities for
studying or examining the romances, either in Spanish
libraries, or in the still richer collections, public or
private, in England. The following sketch - the first to
relate in connected form the fortunes of these romances
in the various countries they invaded - is off^ered as some
return for the advantages enjoyed. Having at hand the
resources of the British Museum, the writer could not
refrain from supplementing the narrative with foot-
notes giving in most cases the original authority for
statements made, or in some cases additional matter
which it did not seem convenient to include in the text.
While the ordinary reader need not be burdened by
these foot-notes, it is hoped that with their help the
student may be saved some trouble.


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