Medieval Texts Series

The Hystorye of Olyuer of Castylle

1st Edition

Edited By Gail Orgelfinger
April 01, 1988

In 1518, Wynkyn de Worde, Caxton’s successor as book publisher in London, issued a translation by Henry Watson of the Franco-Burgundian romance L'Istoire d'olivier de castille. The romance had already enjoyed great popularity on the Continent, having been printed first in French in 1482, in Spanish...