Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. His Penguin Classics edition of The Lais of Marie de France has sold more than 150,000 copies. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (with Douglas Kelly, D. S. Brewer, 2017). In 1999 he was made a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and he is an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society. Leslie Brook is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham

• General IntroductionManuscriptsMagic and Mystery1. Melion2. Tyolet3. Graelent4. Guingamor5. Desiré6. Doon7. Espine8. Tydorel9. TrotFun and Games10. Mantel11. Cor12. Aristote13. Lecheor14. Ignaure15. Oiselet16. Espervier17. NabaretPassion and Tears18. Piramus and Thisbe19. Narcisus and DanéRomance and Realism20. The Chastelaine de Vergi21. The Lai de l’Ombre22. Amours23. ConseilThe Lay as History24. HavelocBibliographyIndex of Proper Names

'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'Virgile Reiter, Cahiers de civilisation médiévaleTranslated from French,'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'

Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. His Penguin Classics edition of The Lais of Marie de France has sold more than 150,000 copies. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (with Douglas Kelly, D. S. Brewer, 2017). In 1999 he was made a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and he is an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society. Leslie Brook is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham

• General IntroductionManuscriptsMagic and Mystery1. Melion2. Tyolet3. Graelent4. Guingamor5. Desiré6. Doon7. Espine8. Tydorel9. TrotFun and Games10. Mantel11. Cor12. Aristote13. Lecheor14. Ignaure15. Oiselet16. Espervier17. NabaretPassion and Tears18. Piramus and Thisbe19. Narcisus and DanéRomance and Realism20. The Chastelaine de Vergi21. The Lai de l’Ombre22. Amours23. ConseilThe Lay as History24. HavelocBibliographyIndex of Proper Names

'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'Virgile Reiter, Cahiers de civilisation médiévaleTranslated from French,'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'

Glyn S. Burgess is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. His Penguin Classics edition of The Lais of Marie de France has sold more than 150,000 copies. He is co-author of The Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (with Douglas Kelly, D. S. Brewer, 2017). In 1999 he was made a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and he is an Honorary President of the International Courtly Literature Society. Leslie Brook is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham

• General IntroductionManuscriptsMagic and Mystery1. Melion2. Tyolet3. Graelent4. Guingamor5. Desiré6. Doon7. Espine8. Tydorel9. TrotFun and Games10. Mantel11. Cor12. Aristote13. Lecheor14. Ignaure15. Oiselet16. Espervier17. NabaretPassion and Tears18. Piramus and Thisbe19. Narcisus and DanéRomance and Realism20. The Chastelaine de Vergi21. The Lai de l’Ombre22. Amours23. ConseilThe Lay as History24. HavelocBibliographyIndex of Proper Names

'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] will no doubt result in new perspectives for any English speaking researcher interested in medieval literature... We can only applaud the work done to give more visibility and accessibility to texts that actually deserve more attention, both from specialists than a wider audience.'Virgile Reiter, Cahiers de civilisation médiévaleTranslated from French,'[Twenty-Four Lays from the French Middle Ages] qui entraînera sans doute de nouvelles perspectives pour tout chercheur anglophone s’intéressant à la littérature médiévale... Nous ne pouvons effectivement qu’applaudir le travail fourni pour donner plus de visibilité et d’accessibilité à des textes qui méritent effectivement plus d’attention, aussi bien de la part des spécialistes que d’un public plus large.'