Marie de France

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Marie de France was a 12th-century poet, considered one of the earliest known female writers in French, renowned for her lais and other narrative works in the Anglo-Norman literary tradition.

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Marie de France canonical 11
Lais of Marie de France 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century writer ⓘ
Anglo-Norman poet ⓘ
French-language poet ⓘ
female writer ⓘ
medieval poet ⓘ
activePeriod 12th century ⓘ
associatedWith Henry II of England (court milieu) ⓘ
linked to: Henry II of England

Plantagenet court ⓘ
countryOfActivity Kingdom of England ⓘ
culturalContext Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
genre courtly literature ⓘ
fable ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
lai ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasWorkCount 12 lais (traditionally attributed) ⓘ
over 100 fables (traditionally attributed) ⓘ
influenced Arthurian romance tradition ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

later medieval French narrative poetry ⓘ
isKnownFor adapting Aesopic fables into Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
being one of the earliest known female writers in French ⓘ
composing narrative lais ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Old French ⓘ
legacy central figure in the study of medieval French literature ⓘ
important early voice in women’s literary history ⓘ
literaryForm short narrative verse tales ⓘ
movement courtly literature movement ⓘ
name Marie de France ⓘ
notableWork Espurgatoire Seint Patriz ⓘ
Fables ⓘ
La Vie seinte Audree ⓘ
Lais of Marie de France ⓘ
linked to: Marie de France
regionOfOrigin France (probable) ⓘ
scholarlyDebate identity possibly linked to various historical Maries but unconfirmed ⓘ
selfIdentification describes herself as "Marie" and "from France" in her prologues ⓘ
sourceOfInspiration Aesop’s fables ⓘ
Breton oral tales ⓘ
classical and Christian moral traditions ⓘ
theme chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
supernatural and fairy elements ⓘ
uncertainDetail exact dates of birth and death unknown ⓘ
exact identity unknown ⓘ
writingForm octosyllabic rhyming couplets ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Norman → hasNotableAuthor → Marie de France ⓘ
Old French → hasNotableAuthor → Marie de France ⓘ
Marie de France → name → Marie de France ⓘ
Marie de France → notableWork → Lais of Marie de France ⓘ
linked to: Marie de France
Fables → author → Marie de France ⓘ
Fables → attributedTo → Marie de France ⓘ
Espurgatoire Seint Patriz → author → Marie de France ⓘ
La Vie seinte Audree → associatedAuthor → Marie de France ⓘ
Breton lai → isAssociatedWith → Marie de France ⓘ
Breton lai → hasNotablePractitioner → Marie de France ⓘ
Anglo-Norman literature → hasNotableAuthor → Marie de France ⓘ