Amadis of Gaul

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noun

1. a Spanish romance of the second half of the 15th century by García de Montalvo, possibly based on Portuguese and French material of the late medieval period.

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Example Sentences

Of a certainty she had gathered her knowledge of the world from the works of Messer Bojardo, or perhaps from the "Amadis of Gaul" of Messer Bernardo Tasso.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael

Her precise contemporaries were Amadis of Gaul, the Emperor Esplandian, and the Sultan Radiaro.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

The stories of Amadis of Gaul and of the Palmerins are, moreover, very evident imitations of the principal romances of chivalry which we have already considered.

From Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

This romance was a sequel, or fifth book, to the celebrated romance of "Amadis of Gaul."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

Mention has already been made of his versions of "Amadis of Gaul," "Palmerin of England," and the "Chronicle of the Cid."

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)