[
Saladin: Continuation and End of the Second Crusade Cycle]
,also known as the
Roman de Saladin[
The Romance of Saladin],
or simply
Saladin, represents the concluding instalment of a fifteenth-century prose romance trilogy, which includes
L’istoire de tres vaillans princez monseigneur Jehan d’Avennes[
The Tale of the Very Valiant Prince, Jean d’Avesnes] and
La Fille du Comte de Pontieu[
The Daughter of the Count of Ponthieu]. It has been suggested that the romance was composed for Charles de Charolais [Charles the Bold], Duke of Burgundy, between 1465 and 1468 (Crist 1972, 10). Larry S. Crist’s 1972 critical edition of the text is divided into thirty-one sections of varying length, each corresponding to different incidents…
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Citation: Courtier, Rebecca. "Saladin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 September 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41218, accessed 26 April 2024.]
