
Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her Lais, she also translated Aesop's Fables (the Ysop ), and wrote the Espurgatoire seint Patriz (St Patrick's Purgatory), based on a Latin...

Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her 'Lais', she also translated Aesop's Fables (the 'Ysop '), and wrote the 'Espurgatoire seint Patriz' (St Patrick's Purgatory), based on...