Saint Patrick's Purgatory: Difference between revisions

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Describes the visions and harrowings of Purgatory experienced by a Welsh knight in an Irish holy place.

Translation of Latin "Tractus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii" by Henry of Slasbury into old French octosyllabic couplets composed c1190.
Modern translation: "Saint Patrick's Purgatory: A poem by Marie de France" trans. Michael J.Curley, (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Birmingham, 1993) ISBN 0-86698-18-X

Dual text - translation and old French side by side, with numerous notes on similarities to other medieval texts.

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-Describes the visions and harrowings of Purgatory experienced by a Welsh knight in an Irish holy place.
+Describes the visions and harrowings of Purgatory experienced by a [[Welsh]] [[knight]] in an [[Irish]] holy place.
-*Translation of latin "Tractus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii" by Henry of Slasbury into old French octosyllabic couplets composed c1190.
+*Translation of [[Latin]] "Tractus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii" by Henry of Slasbury into old French octosyllabic couplets composed c1190.
 *Modern translation: "Saint Patrick's Purgatory: A poem by Marie de France" trans. Michael J.Curley, (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Birmingham, 1993) ISBN 0-86698-18-X
-Dual text - translation and old French side by side, with numerous notes on similarities to other medieval texts.
+Dual text - translation and old [[French]] side by side, with numerous notes on similarities to other medieval texts.
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