Andrea da Barberino

Andrea MangiabottiGeneviève Hasenohr and Michel Zink, eds. "Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: Le Moyen Age". Collection: La Pochothèque. (Paris: Fayard, 1992. ISBN 2-2530-5662-6), pp. 62-63.] , called Andrea da Barberino (c. 1370-1431"The Cambridge History of Italian Literature", Peter Brand and Lino Pertile, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 168. ] ) was an Italian writer and "cantastorie"Ludovico Ariosto, "Orlando Furioso", translated with an introduction by Barbara Reynolds (London: Penguin Books, 1975), Part I, Introduction, p. 58.] of the Quattrocento Renaissance. He was born in Barberino Val d'Elsa (near Florence) and lived in Florence. He is principally known for his "I Reali di Franci" ("The Royal House of France"), a prose compilation (in the form of a chronicle) of the Matter of France romance material concerning Charlemagne and Roland ("Orlandino") from various legends and chanson de gestes, and for his "Aspramonte", a reworking of the chanson de geste "Aspremont", which also features the hero Ruggiero. His works were extremely successful and popular, and were a key source of material for later Italian romance writers, such as Luigi Pulci ("Morgante"), Matteo Maria Boiardo ("Orlando Innamorato") and Ludovico Ariosto ("Orlando Furioso").

Works

Andrea da Barberino wrote the following works:
* "I Reali di Franci" ("The Royal House of France")
* "Guerin Meschino"
* "Ajolfo des Barbicone"
* "Ugone d'Alvernia" (adaptation of the Franco-Italian "chanson de geste" "Huon d'Auvergne")
* "Storie Nerbonesi" (prose adaptation on the Old French "chanson de geste" "Narbonnais" and eight other "chansons" concerning Aymeri de Narbonne and Guillaume d'Orange)
* "Aspramonte" (adaptation of the Old French "chanson de geste" "Aspremont")

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