A Columbia University study of Joanot Martorell’s fifteenth-century Catalan romance Tirant lo Blanch. Joseph Vaeth works through the book’s episodes, from the William of Warwick story and the relief of Rhodes to Tirant’s service with the Emperor of Constantinople, comparing them with their sources, including Ramon Llull’s book of chivalry, and with the history of the time.
A useful guide for readers of the romance that Cervantes praised in Don Quixote. Download the free EPUB.