Guillaume de Lorris

Jean (de Meun)

Jean De Meun

Guillaume (de Lorris)

The famous 13th century allegorical romance was begun by Guillame de Lorris, portraying the attempts of a courtier to woo his beloved and set in a symbolic walled garden. The work was finished after Guillame's death by Jean de Meun, who expanded the work into an encyclopedic and often satirical commentary on the many forms of love and courtship.

The Romance of the Rose

Jean de Meung

A medieval French poem styled as an allegorical dream vision.

Jean (de Meun)

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