Bibliothèque nationale de France

Philippe de Mézières

Contains, edited from the mss., an anonymous Sermo de presentatione Marie in templo, Epistola de solempnitate Presentationis by Philippe de Mézières, a report of a miracle by Spanish priests Berengarius and Iohannes, a rhythmical liturgical office for the feast (Fons ortorum), a Mass proper with the prose Altissima prouidente, and a playscript, probably by Philippe, of a liturgical drama for the feast of Presentation. The collection was probably put together by Philippe himself.

Philippe de Mézières' Campaign for the Feast of Mary's Presentation

This book makes available an important work by a seminal writer of the late fourteenth century. A valuable resource for research on medieval concepts of personal piety and medieval attitudes towards women, Mezieres's treatise is rich in imagery and opinions and offers an important contribution to the history of ideas. This edition offers an accurate, annotated transcription of Mezieres's complete text, edited for readers of Old French.

Le livre de la vertu du sacrement de mariage

Philippe (de Mézières)

"This French medieval text is now published in its entirety, accompanied by an introduction and extensive synopses in English. Philippe de Mezieres (1327-1405) was a French soldier, publicist and statesman who travelled widely through much of the Christian world and served a number of rulers, particularly the King of Cyprus and Charles V and VI of France. Throughout his life Philippe de Mezieres was obsessed by the ideal that the West must reform itself in the light of the Christian view of the good life and he urged all Christian rulers to join together in a final crusade to liberate the Holy Land and the eastern Christian empires. This is the underlying theme of Le Songe du Vieil Pelerin, Philippe de Mezieres' major work. It is divided into three parts: the first is a wide-ranging survey of the Christian world, the second an examination of the state of France and the third a study of the duties and requirements of authority. The style is highly allegorical but contains much personal observation and historical fact."--

Philippe de Mézières

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