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The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England\nby William Calin\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: William Calin\nTitle: The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 1994\nEdition: 2nd edition\nISBN-13: 9780802072023\nISBN-10: 080207202X\nRRP: \u00A339.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe French presence in English literary history in the centuries following the Conquest has to some extent been glossed over or treated as an interlude. During this period, roughly 1100-1420, French, like Latin, was the language of the educated; in the courts of England, and for nobles, clerics, and the rising commercial el.