Andrea da Barberino
Andrea Mangiabotti[1], called Andrea da Barberino (c. 1370-1431[2]) was an Italian writer and cantastorie[3] of the Quattrocento Renaissance. He was born in Barberino di Val d'Elsa (near Florence) and lived in Florence.[1] He is principally known for his I Reali di Francia ("The Royal House of France"[3]), a prose compilation (in the form of a chronicle[3]) of the Matter of France romance material concerning Charlemagne and Roland (Orlandino) from various legends and chansons de geste, and for his Aspramonte, a reworking of the chanson de geste Aspremont, which also features the hero Ruggiero.[2] His works were extremely successful and popular,[1] and were a key source of material for later Italian romance writers, such as Luigi Pulci (Morgante), Matteo Maria Boiardo (Orlando Innamorato) and Ludovico Ariosto (Orlando Furioso).
Further Bibliography
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Works
Andrea da Barberino wrote the following works[1]:
- I Reali di Francia ("The Royal House of France")
- Il Guerrin Meschino
- Ajolfo del Barbicone (reworking of the French Aiol)
- Ugone d'Alvernia (adaptation of the Franco-Italian chanson de geste Huon d'Auvergne, with the first chapter of the final book alternating terza rima and prose in the published edition)
- Storie Nerbonesi (prose adaptation on the Old French chanson de geste Narbonnais and eight other chansons concerning Aymeri de Narbonne and Guillaume d'Orange)
- Aspramonte (adaptation of the Old French chanson de geste Aspremont; also called Le Storie d'Aspramonte)
- Ansuigi (possibly also by Andrea) [4]
References
- ^ a b c d Geneviève Hasenohr and Michel Zink, eds. Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: Le Moyen Age. Collection: La Pochothèque. (Paris: Fayard, 1992. ISBN 2-2530-5662-6), pp. 62-63.
- ^ a b The Cambridge History of Italian Literature, Peter Brand and Lino Pertile, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 168.
- ^ a b c Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, translated with an introduction by Barbara Reynolds (London: Penguin Books, 1975), Part I, Introduction, p. 58.
- ^ Gloria Allaire, Andrea da Barberino and the Language of Chivalry (Gainesville, FL: UP of Florida, 1997).
| Persondata |
| Name |
Barberino, Andrea da |
| Alternative names |
Mangiabotti, Andrea |
| Short description |
Italian writer |
| Date of birth |
1370 |
| Place of birth |
Barberino Val d'Elsa |
| Date of death |
1431 |
| Place of death |
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