Translating the Past: Laurent de Premierfait and Boccaccio's De casibus by Anne D. Hedeman

Translating the Past: Laurent de Premierfait and Boccaccio's De casibus

Anne D. Hedeman

240 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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In 1409 Laurent de Premierfait produced a French translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s De casibus virorum illustrium, a fourteenth-century text containing cautionary historical tales that exemplify the corrupting effects of power. Richly illustrated...

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