Tutorials Paper IV:
History of the French Language
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The texts set for periods (a) and (b) are listed
in the examination decrees and regulations. They are taken from the following
book : Historical French Reader. Medieval
Period. Edited by Paul Studer
and E.G.R. Waters. Oxford Clarendon Press. 1924. Reprint: 1951, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974. |
a) Vulgar Latin and Earlier Vernacular texts:
Text
1 : Appendix Probi
Text
6 : The Chronicle of Fredegar
Text
7 : The Glosses of Reichenau
Text
10 : Strasburg Oaths
Text
11 : Sequence of Saint Eulalia
Text
13 : Life of Saint Alexis (11th c), vv 1-225
b) Old and Middle French
Text
20 : Roman de Renart
Text
26 : Romance of Lancelot
Text
34 : Guillaume de Deguileville:
Le Pelerinage de Vie Humaine
Text
40 : Aucassin et Nicolete
Text
41 : Froissart : Chronicles
Text
45 : Raoul de Cambrai
Text
46 : Villehardouin: Conquest
of Constantinople
Text
47 : Chretien de Troyes: Erec
Text
65 : Philippe de Commynes : Mémoires
Historical
French Reader.
Medieval Period is
now out of print but can be found at the following libraries:
|
Balliol BLL Main Libr |
1 b 019 |
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Bodleian BOD Camera |
RETS |
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Corpus Chr. CCC Main Libr |
840.9 St |
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English Fac. EFL Main Libr |
CQ3STU (1962 Printing) |
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Lady Marg. H. Main Libr |
840.8 6 |
|
Lincoln Coll. LIN Main Libr |
840.71 Stu |
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Lincoln Coll. LIN Main Libr |
840.71 Stu a |
|
Magdalen Coll MAG
McFarlane |
848.1 STU |
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Magdalen Coll MAG
New Libr. |
848.1 STU |
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Merton Coll. MER OWL |
XU/STU |
|
Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
FA - 4A-F - C4-H0 |
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Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
FA - 4A-F - C4-H0 |
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New College NEW Main Libr |
G.A.030 |
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St Anne's ANN Main Libr |
841 STU:His
copy B |
|
St Anne's ANN Main Libr |
841 STU:His
copy C |
|
St Catherines CAT Main Libr |
841 STU |
|
St Catherines CAT Main Libr |
841 STU (1964 Repr.) |
|
Taylorian TAY Main Libr |
A/K.8934.A.22.A |
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Trinity Coll. TRI Main Libr |
QC 150 STU |
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Trinity Coll. TRI Main Libr |
QC 150 STU copy 2 |
You will find different excerpts of some of the same texts in
the following textbooks:
Textes d'étude (ancien et moyen français).
Edition de Robert-Léon Wagner, renouvelée par Olivier
Collet, Préface de Bernard Cerquiglini.
Droz. Genève. 1995.
Available at the Taylorian TAY Main Libr CC.DD.321
Strasburg
Oaths
Sequence
of Saint Eulalia
Life
of Saint Alexis (11th c)
Roman
de Renart
Romance
of Lancelot
Guillaume
de Deguileville: Le Pelerinage
de Vie Humaine
Aucassin
et Nicolete
Froissart : Chronicles
Raoul
de Cambrai
Villehardouin: Conquest of Constantinople
Chretien
de Troyes: Erec
Philippe
de Commynes : Mémoires
Ayres-Bennett,
Wendy. 1996. A
History of the French Language through Texts. Routledge.
London and New York.
Strasburg
Oaths
Sequence
of Saint Eulalia
Life
of Saint Alexis (11th c)
Villehardouin: Conquest of Constantinople
Available
at the following libraries:
|
Bodleian BOD Bookstack |
M96.E10766 |
|
Hertford HER Main Libr |
10/8/2 |
|
Magdalen Coll MAG
New Libr. |
447 AYR |
|
Merton Coll. MER OWL |
XSA/AYR |
|
Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
F - 2&& - K6 |
|
Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
F - 2&& - K6 |
|
Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
F - 2&& - K6 |
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Mod.Lang.Fac. MLF Books |
F - 2&& - K6 |
|
New College NEW Main Libr |
G.R.00.35 |
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St Catherines CAT Main Libr |
441 AYR |
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St Peter's SPC Main Libr |
F2/12k |
|
Taylorian TAY Main Libr |
A/A.5551.A.82 |
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