Making the Bible French

The Bible Historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader

Jeanette Patterson

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University of Toronto Press
16 March 2022

Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Military history; Medieval European archaeology; Battles & campaigns

From the end of the thirteenth century to the first decades of the sixteenth century, Guyart des Moulins's Bible historiale was the predominant French translation of the Bible. Enhancing his translation with techniques borrowed from scholastic study, vernacular preaching, and secular fiction, Guyart produced one of the most popular, most widely copied French-language texts of the later Middle Ages.

Making the Bible French investigates how Guyart's first-person authorial voice narrates translation choices in terms of anticipated reader reactions and frames the biblical text as an object of dialogue with his readers. It examines the translator's narrative strategies to aid readers' visualization of biblical stories, to encourage their identification with its characters, and to practice patient, self-reflexive reading. Finally, it traces how the Bible historiale manuscript tradition adapts and individualizes the Bible for each new intended reader, defying modern print-based and text-centred ideas about the Bible, canonicity, and translation.

By: Jeanette Patterson
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487508883
ISBN 10: 1487508883
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 16 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeanette L. Patterson is an associate professor of French, Medieval Studies, and Translation Studies at Binghamton University.

Reviews for Making the Bible French: The Bible Historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader

“The book is very lively and informative, and well worth extended study.” -- Henry Ansgar Kelly, University of California, Los Angeles * <em>Speculum</em> *