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1 online resource (181 pages). |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Foundations
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| Note |
Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction, incl. Further Reading, and Using this Volume Liber donati Commune parlance Commentary and Notes Textual Notes Bibliography. |
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| Contents |
Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction, incl. Further Reading, and Using this Volume -- Liber donati -- Commune parlance -- Commentary and Notes -- Textual Notes -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
French Lessons in Late-Medieval England presents two fifteenth-century manuals designed to support facility in French among the English, the Liber donati and Commune parlance. These texts treat the grammar, lexis, and orthography of French as well as compiling a selection of entertaining dialogues that model the language in action. Together, they paint a vivid picture of the kinds of French that English learners might desire to wield and of the high levels of fluency that they could achieve. Critten's comprehensive introduction discusses his materials' relevance both for histories of language education and for recent reassessments of the longevity of French in medieval England. His pairing of first-time modern-English translations with facing-page original text makes these fascinating works newly available for a twenty-first-century audience. |
| Subject |
French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers -- History -- To 1500.
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History of education.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
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French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers
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| Chronological Term |
To 1500
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| Indexed Term |
History of education |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Added Author |
Critten, Rory G., 1981- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781641894210 |
| ISBN |
9781802701029 (electronic bk.) |
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1802701028 (electronic bk.) |
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9781641894210 hardback |
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9781802701036 paperback |
| Standard No. |
UKMGB 020839331 |
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AU@ 000073989997 |
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AU@ 000073968180 |
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