Chivalrous novels in Castilian Spanish and Dutch in the late Middle Ages: the role of the printer and the contact between cultures ; Novelas caballerescas en castellano y en neerlandés de finales de la Edad Media: el papel del impresor y el contacto entre culturas

In the late 15th and early 16th centuries the first printed editions of a series of literary prose works known as the chivalrous novels appeared across most of Europe, including editions in Spanish and Dutch. Their origins can be traced back to the European fictional literature of previous centuries. The role of the printing press was crucial in this development and determined issues such as the choice of texts and versions, depending on the publisher's intentions and readers' expectations. This paper will compare some aspects of several versions of chivalrous novels in Dutch with their Spanis... Mehr ...