Eufemiavisorna

Swedish literature

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Swedish poetry

  • Stiernhielm
    In Swedish literature: The Middle Ages

    …chivalry was first represented in Eufemiavisorna (“The Songs of Euphemia”), written in doggerel between 1303 and 1312, which includes a translation of French poet Chrétien de Troyes’s romance Yvain. Anonymous ballads probably dating from the 14th and 15th centuries also reflect a new interest in the romance genre. These ballads,…

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