A Familiar Dialogue of the Friend and the Fellow

by Alain Chartier

This is a new critical edition of A Famylyer Dyaloge of the Freende and the Felaw , a late 15th-century translation of the Latin work Dialogus familiaris amici et sodalis (c. 1425) by Alain Chartier. The prose work forcefully laments the ruinous conditions in France brought about by the
corruption and vices of the rulers, army, and common people in the early 15th century.

68 pages, Hardcover

First published July 20, 1989

About the author

Alain Chartier (ou Charretier, en latin « Alanus Auriga »), né vers 1385/90 à Bayeux, mort vers 1430 (le 20 mars 1430?), sans doute à Avignon, est un poète, diplomate, orateur et écrivain politique français, ayant écrit à la fois en latin et en moyen français.

Alain Chartier (or Charretier, in Latin "Alanus Auriga"), born around 1385/90 in Bayeux, died around 1430 (March 20, 1430?), probably in Avignon, was a French poet, diplomat, orator and political writer, having written both in Latin and in Middle French.

(Source: fr.wikipedia.org)

Reviews

[Nicholas · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a difficult read, both for the language as for the philosophy. I was most disappointed by the introduction, which consists of two pages, and gives no details of the MS, the date, or the translator.