Jean de Saintré: A Late Medieval Education in Love and Chivalry by Antoine de La Sale (translated by Roberta L. Krueger, Jane H. M. Taylor)
Requirements: ePUB Reader, 2.3MB
Overview: Written in 1456 and purporting to be the biography of the actual fourteenth-century knight of its title, Jean de Saintré has been called the first modern novel in French and one of the first historical novels in any language. Taken in hand at the age of thirteen by an older and much more experienced lady, Madame des Belles Cousines, the youth grows into an accomplished knight, winning numerous tournaments and even leading a crusade against the infidels for the love of Madame. When he reaches maturity, Jean starts to rebel against Madame’s domination by seeking out chivalric adventures on his own. She storms off to her country estates and takes up with the burly abbot of a nearby monastery. The text moves into darker and uncourtly territory when Jean discovers their liaison and lashes out to avenge his lost love and honor, ruining Madame’s reputation in the process.
Genre: Historical Fiction
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