Andrea Mangiabotti, [1] called Andrea da Barberino ( c. 1370–1431 [2]), was an Italian writer and cantastorie ("storyteller") [3] of the Quattrocento Renaissance. He was born in Barberino Val d'Elsa, near Florence, and lived in Florence. [1] He is principally known for his prose romance epic Il Guerrin Meschino, his I Reali di Francia ("The Royal House of France" [3]), a prose compilation (in the form of a chronicle [3]) of the Matter of France epic material concerning Charlemagne and Roland (Orlandino) from various legends and chansons de geste, and for his Aspramonte, a reworking of the chanson de geste Aspremont, which also features the hero Ruggiero. [2] Many of his writings probably derive from Franco-Italian works, such as the Geste Francor, that includes versions of the stories of Reali di Francia and dates to the first half of the fourteenth century. [4] His works, which circulated at first in manuscript, were extremely successful and popular, [1] and were a key source of material for later Italian romance writers, such as Luigi Pulci ( Morgante), Matteo Maria Boiardo ( Orlando Innamorato) and Ludovico Ariosto ( Orlando Furioso).
Andrea da Barberino wrote the following works: [1]
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Andrea Mangiabotti, [1] called Andrea da Barberino ( c. 1370–1431 [2]), was an Italian writer and cantastorie ("storyteller") [3] of the Quattrocento Renaissance. He was born in Barberino Val d'Elsa, near Florence, and lived in Florence. [1] He is principally known for his prose romance epic Il Guerrin Meschino, his I Reali di Francia ("The Royal House of France" [3]), a prose compilation (in the form of a chronicle [3]) of the Matter of France epic material concerning Charlemagne and Roland (Orlandino) from various legends and chansons de geste, and for his Aspramonte, a reworking of the chanson de geste Aspremont, which also features the hero Ruggiero. [2] Many of his writings probably derive from Franco-Italian works, such as the Geste Francor, that includes versions of the stories of Reali di Francia and dates to the first half of the fourteenth century. [4] His works, which circulated at first in manuscript, were extremely successful and popular, [1] and were a key source of material for later Italian romance writers, such as Luigi Pulci ( Morgante), Matteo Maria Boiardo ( Orlando Innamorato) and Ludovico Ariosto ( Orlando Furioso).
Andrea da Barberino wrote the following works: [1]
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Andrea da Barberino at Wikimedia Commons