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LA CEPEDE, PIERRE DE
(Ceppede, Cypede; fl. first half of the 15th c.). Marseillais author of a prose romance in
French (possibly from an Occitan source), Paris et Vienne (1432), about the lovers
Vienne, heiress to the Dauphiné, and Paris, her father’s vassal, who triumph over
adversity through their constancy and valor. The many editions and translations before
1700, including Caxton’s, attest to the romance’s popularity.
Heather M.Arden
La Cepede, Pierre de. “Der altfranzösische Roman Paris et Vienne” ed. Robert Kaltenbacher.
Romanische Forschungen 15(1904):321–647. [Only modern edition.]
Coville, Alfred. La vie intellectuelle dans les domaines d’AnjouProvence de 1308 a 1435. Paris:
Droz, 1941, pp. 81–91.
St. Clair, Jeffrey J. “Ideological Structure in Paris et Vienne.” Semasia 4(1977):65–99.
LA CHESNAYE, NICOLAS DE
(fl. late 15th c.). Author of a 3,650-line allegorical play probably written before 1500, La
condamnation de Banquet, that shows the fate of seven bons vivants who overindulge in
food and drink. During the feasting first at Supper’s place then at Banquet’s, ten terrible
maladies, including Gout, Colic, Apoplexy, Jaundice, and Epilepsy, attack and eventually
kill most of the revelers. Finally, Supper and Banquet are tried and condemned by
Experience. This morality differs from others in the genre by its focus on the physical
rather than the moral effects of unwise behavior. A stern warning against excess, it is also
a lively and humorous portrait of latemedieval feasting.
Heather M.Arden
La Chesnaye, Nicolas de. La condamnation de Banquet, eds. Jelle Koopmans and Paul Verhuyck.
Geneva: Droz, 1991.
Parfondry, Max. “La condamnation de Banquet, moralité médiévale, et son auteur, Nicole de la
Chesnaye.” In Hommage au professeur Maurice Delbouille, ed. Jeanne Wathelet-Willem.
Liège: Cahiers de l’Association des Romanistes de l’Université de Liège, 1973, pp. 251–68.
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