Marie de France
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Marie de France was a poet, likely born in France, who lived in England during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at an unknown court, but she and her work were almost certainly known at the r
Marie de France from an illuminated manuscript
"Marie de France presents her book of poems to Henry II of England" by Charles Abraham Chasselat
Anglo-Norman language
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Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, Insular French, and part of the French of England was a dialect of Old Norman that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, other places in Great B
Marie de France
…still exists. She is considered by scholars to be the first woman known to write francophone verse. Marie de France wrote in Old French, possibly the Anglo-Norman variety. She was proficient in Latin, as were most authors and scholars of that era, as well as Middle English and possibly Breton. She is the author…
Manuscript miniature of the coronation of Henry III, accompanied by a short account of his reign in Anglo-Norman prose