What is it about?

The review underlines the main aspects of the publication of this short Catalan novel, written about 1400.

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Why is it important?

The Catalan text has been misunderstood for many years. This edition will contribute a better knowledge of the text and its importance.

Perspectives

The publication deals with a text that attracted our interest thirty years ago, and even now we look at it with the aim to provide new explanations to the open questions that remain unsolved.

Mr Jordi Redondo
Universitat de Valencia

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This page is a summary of: Bayo Julve, Juan Carlos, and Barry Taylor, eds., Història de Jacob Xalabín / History of Yakub Çelebi: A Critical Edition, with an Introduction, Notes, and English Translation. (Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts 15.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2..., Speculum, April 2017, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.1086/690756.
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