FLORE AND BLANCHEFLEUR  , a 13th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . This See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale, 'generally supposed to be of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental origin, relates the passionate devotion of two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and their success in over-coming all the obstacles. put in the way of their love . The romance appears in differing versions in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish, Icelandic, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Hungarian . The various forms of the tale receive a detailed See also:

• NOTICE

notice in E . Hausknecht's version of the 13th-century See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle English poem of " See also:

• FLORIS, FRANS

Floris and Blauncheflur " (Samna. eng . Denkmd'ler., vol. v . See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin; 1885) . Nothing definite can be stated of the origin of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, but See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France was in the 12th and 13th centuries the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market of romance, and the French version of the tale, Floire et Blanchefleur, is the most widespread . Floire, the son of a Saracen See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, is brought up in See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion-See also:

• SHIP

ship with Blanchefleur, the daughter of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian slave of See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . Floire's parents, hoping to destroy this See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment, send the boy away at fifteen and sell Blanchefleur to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign slave-merchants . When Floire returns a few days later he is told that his companion is dead, but when he threatens to kill himself, his parents tell him the truth . He traces her to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the maidens destined for the See also:

• HAREM

harem of the emir of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon, into which he penetrates concealed in a See also:

• BASKET

basket of See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers .

The lovers are discovered, but their constancy touches the See also:

• HEARTS

hearts of their See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges . They are married, and Floire returns to his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, when he and all his See also:

• PEOPLE

people adopt See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . Of the two 12th-century French poems (ed. tdelestand du Meril, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1856), the one contains the love story with' few additions, the other is a romance of See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry, containing the usual battles, single combats, &c . Two lyrics based on episodes of the story are printed by Paulin Paris in his Romancero See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais (Paris, 'x883) . The English poem renders the French version without amplifications, such as are found in other adaptations . Its author has less sentiment than his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, and less See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for detailed description . Among the other forms of the story must be noted the See also:

• PROSE

prose romance (c . 1340) of See also:

• BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)

Boccaccio, Il Filocolo, and the 14th-century Leggenda See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta reina Rosana e di Rosana sua figliuola (pr . See also:

• LEGHORN (Ital. Livorno, Fr. Livourne)

Leghorn, 1871) . The similarity between the story of Floire and Blanchefleur and See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

Chance See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable of Aucassin et Nicolete 1 has been repeatedly pointed out, and they have even been credited with a See also:

• COMMON

common source . See also See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by I . See also:

• BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)
• BEKKER, AUGUST IMMANUEL (1785–1871)
• BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

Bekker (Berlin, 1844) and E .

Hausknecht (Berliq, 1885) ; also H . Sundmacher, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die altfr. and mittelhochdeutsche earbeitung der See also:

• SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

Sage von Fiore et Blanscheflur (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1872) ; H . See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog, Die beiden Sagenkreise von Flore and elanscheflur (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1884); Zeitschriftfilr dent . Altertum (vol. xxi.) contains a Rhenish version; the Scandinavian See also:

• FLORES

Flores See also:

• SAGA (literally a story committed to writing)

Saga ok Blankiflllr, ed . E.Kolbing (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1896) ; the 13th-century version of Konrad Fleck, Fiore and Blanscheflur, ed . E . See also:

• SOMMER

Sommer (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1846); the Swedish by G . E . Klemming (See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, 1844) . The English poem was also edited by Hartschorne (English Metrical Tales, 1829), by See also:

• LAING, ALEXANDER GORDON (1793–1826)
• LAING, DAVID (1793–1878)
• LAING, MALCOLM (1762-1818)
• LAING, SAMUEL (1810-1897)

Laing (See also:

• ABBOTSFORD

Abbotsford See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, 1829), and by Lumly (See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Eng . See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text See also:

• SOC

Soc., 1866, re-edited G . H .

McKnight, 19o1) . J . See also:

• REINHOLD, KARL LEONHARD (1758-1823)

Reinhold (Floire et Blanchefleur, Paris, 19e6) suggests a See also:

• PARALLELISM, PSYCHOPHYSICAL

parallelism with the story of See also:

• CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

Cupid and See also:

• PSYCHE (//vxi7)

Psyche as ' Ed . H . Suchier (See also:

• PADERBORN (Lat. Paderae Fontes, i.e. the springs of the Pader)

Paderborn, 1878, 5th ed . 1903); See also:

• MODERN

modern French by G . Michaut, with See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface by J . Bedier (See also:

• TOURS

Tours, 1901); English by See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang (1887), by F . W . Bourdillon (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, i$96), and by Laurence See also:

• HOUSMAN, LAURENCE (1867– )

Housman (Igoe).told by See also:

• APULEIUS, LUCIUS

Apuleius; also that the oriental setting does not necessarily imply a connexion with Arab tales, as the circumstances might with small alteration have been taken from the See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate version of the See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• ESTHER

Esther . See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

FLORENCE; See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM JERMYN (1831–1891), See also:

• AMERICAN

American actor, of Irish descent, whose real name was See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard Conlin, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 26th of See also:

• JULY

July 1831 at See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, N.Y., and first attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention as an actor at See also:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham's See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum in 1851 . Two years later he married Mrs Malvina Pray Littell (d .

1906), in association with whom, until her retirement in 1889, he won all his successes, notably in See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Woolf's The Mighty See also:

• DOLLAR

Dollar, said to have been presented more than 2500 times . In 1856 they had a successful See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, Mrs Florence being one of the first American actresses to appear on the English See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . In 1889 Florence entered into See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, playing See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• LUCIUS

Lucius O'Trigger to his Bob Acres and Mrs See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

Drew's Mrs Malaprop on a very successful tour . His last See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance was with Jefferson on the 14th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1891, as See also:

• EZEKIEL (SKpm', " God strengthens" or " God is strong "; Sept. 'IE'EKL?)X; Vulg. Ezechiel)

Ezekiel Homespun in The See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

Heir-at-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and he died on the 18th of November in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia .