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In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work, dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de Montalvo. An early bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was translated into dozens of languages and spawned sequels and imitators over the centuries. A handsome, valiant, and undefeatable knight, Amadis is best known today as Don Quixote’s favorite knight-errant and role model. Readers for centuries have delighted in his tales of adventure.

Edwin Place was professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Herbert Behm taught language arts in California.

Publication Date

2009

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, KY

ISBN

9780813192321

eISBN

9780813159928

Keywords

Amadis of Gaul, Spanish literature, Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo

Disciplines

Spanish Literature

Notes

Translated by Edwin Place and Herbert C. Behm

Amadis of Gaul, Books III and IV
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