I only know him through his musical accomplishments, but I'm led to believe he was a very good poet as well.
The end of the third age is the used conventionally (1340) but works from at least half a century on either side of that date are classified on a one by one basis (or by elements), and classification will vary whether it's made by linguists who have specific factors or if it's one of the classifications made by literature scholars who use more Medieval vs. Renaissance for denominations and consider factors other than strictly linguistic ones, such as aesthetics, form or themes.
Guillaume de Machaut falls with the late (troisième age) medieval poets from the literary perspective. I'm not sure if linguists call the language he used Old or Middle French or point out different elements from both. I can tell you his Le Remède de Fortune (ca 1340) still provides lexical examples and sources in my old French dictionary and a later work like his Le Voir Dit appears in my Middle French one.
Any recommendations for reading Old French?
19/02/2013 01:17:09 AM
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Hmmm...
19/02/2013 05:02:50 AM
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The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert.
19/02/2013 03:09:25 PM
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Re: The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert.
19/02/2013 03:56:54 PM
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Good suggestion
19/02/2013 07:05:58 PM
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Re: Good suggestion
20/02/2013 12:01:00 AM
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I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way.
20/02/2013 01:11:06 AM
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Re: I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way.
20/02/2013 04:47:12 AM
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And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed! *NM*
20/02/2013 05:00:40 PM
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Re: And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed!
20/02/2013 05:21:11 PM
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Is de Machaut Old French or Middle?
19/02/2013 09:02:15 AM
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A bit of both
19/02/2013 03:15:32 PM
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that's awesome. i love old dead languages... i have no suggestions that aren't old irish, though. *NM*
20/02/2013 01:38:50 AM
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Apparently the word "lay" meaning "story" comes from Irish "laid", meaning "song". *NM*
20/02/2013 07:54:47 PM
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One of our friends works with Old French and Occitan and Oxford Uni at the moment.
20/02/2013 04:14:36 PM
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