The Book of the Knight of the Tower

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The demon of Vanity and the coquette. From the Ritter vom Turn, 1493
Woman and the bathing hermit

The Book of the Knight of the Tower (full French title: Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry) is a book commenced by

Edward V.[2] It was further translated into German as Der Ritter vom Turn in 1493. The Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles served as a tutorial for De la Tour Landry's daughters on proper behavior when visiting the royal court, which, the knight warns, is filled with smooth-talking courtiers who could potentially disgrace them and embarrass the family. The author was a widower, and concerned for his daughters' welfare. He takes a strong moral stance against the behavior of his peers and warns his daughters about the dangers of vanity
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The German Der Ritter vom Turm was the work of Marquard von Stain, a member of the Swabian nobility. He himself had two daughters, Elsa and Jakobea, for whose benefit he claims to have translated the French text.

Another English translation older than Caxton's survives in manuscript;

Harley no. 1764. The manuscript was written in the reign of Henry VI of England.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ See note to 149/14 in Early English Text Society Edition, 1971, Marguerite Offord Ed., Oxford OUP
  2. ^ Early English Text Society, 1971, Introduction by Marguerite Offord
  3. ^ Wright, Thomas, ed., The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry, EETS, N. Trübner (1868), xiv, (Wright supplied the defects of the manuscript from Caxton in this edition)

References

  • Simon, Anne (1999). "Framing Lives: The Narratives of Behaviour in Der Ritter vom Turn". Daphnis. 28: 35–59.
    doi:10.1163/18796583-90001144
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