French Lessons in Late-Medieval England: The &quot;Liber Donati&quot; and &quot;Commune Parlance&quot;

Rory G. Critten

doi:10.17302/FOU-9781802701029

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-64189-421-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-80270-102-9
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series: Foundations
Language: English
Pages: 196
Product Type: Monograph

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1. Contents
2. Series Editors’ Preface
3. Acknowledgements
4. Abbreviations
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1. The Teaching and Reference Materials and the Currency of French
2. Teachers and Learners: Identities, Aims, Locations
3. Teachers and Learners: Methods and Outcomes
4. The Liber donati and Commune parlance: Topics and Texts
5. The Liber donati and Commune parlance: Manuscript Context
6. Early Modern Developments
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Using This VolumePages 27 - 27 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. [1. Personal and demonstrative pronouns and adjectives]
  2. [2. Pronunciation, spelling, and morphological notes]
  3. [3. Conjugated verbs with pronunciation, spelling, and morphological notes]
  4. [4. French infinitives with Latin equivalents]
  5. [5. Adverbs, prepositions, and other parts of speech with French equivalents]
  6. [6. Days of the week and feast days]
  7. [7. Cardinal and ordinal numbers]
2. 1. [1. Salutations]
  2. [2. News from France]
  3. [3. En route to London]
  4. [4. Securing lodging; provisions for horses]
  5. [5. A conversation with the lady of the house]
  6. [6. Further provisions for horses]
  7. [7. Paying the bill]
  8. [8. The market at Winchester]
  9. [9. A mother’s request for help]
  10. [10. A would-be apprentice’s French]
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1. [1. Opening prayer]
2. [2. The human body]
3. [3. Furnishing a house]
4. 1. [4.1. Preparations]
  2. [4.2. The good-bye meal]
  3. [4.3. On the road; asking the way and the time]
  4. [4.4. A love song]
  5. [4.5. Janyn at the inn]
  6. [4.6. At the market; fish]
  7. [4.7. Evening at the inn; a story]
5. [5. The digger and the gardener]
6. [6. The baker and his apprentice]
7. [7. The draper and his apprentice]
8. [8. At the dubber’s]
9. [9. Two stable boys]
10. [10. Different greetings; news from Orleans]
11. [11. Consoling a child]
12. [12. Turning away a beggar]
13. [13. Two companions at an inn]
14. [14. Dialogues between traders]
15. [15. Asking the time and the way]
16. [16. Asking for lodging; giving a message]
17. [17. At the scrivener’s]
18. [18. Asking the way; delivering a present]
19. [19. Different greetings according to the time of day]
20. [20. Dialogue with an ill man]
21. [21. Dialogue with a foreigner]
22. [22. A tailor and his new master]
23. [23. Two companions at an inn again]
Commentary and NotesPages 118 - 169 Download chapter (PDF)
Textual NotesPages 170 - 178 Download chapter (PDF)
BibliographyPages 179 - 186 Download chapter (PDF)