Gesta Romanorum

British  

/ ˈdʒɛstə ˌrəʊməˈnɔːrəm /

noun

1. a popular collection of tales in Latin with moral applications, compiled in the late 13th century as a manual for preachers

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Etymology

Origin of Gesta Romanorum

Latin: deeds of the Romans

Example Sentences

This story is also found in the Gesta Romanorum, cap.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

It is also found in the Gesta Romanorum, cap.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

The compilers of the Gesta Romanorum, Boccaccio, Gower, and Shakespeare have all drawn materials from it.—Bibliography:

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The story in the Gesta Romanorum to which Luzel, i.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

Gesta Romanorum translated from the Latin by the Rev. Charles Swan, revised and corrected by Wynnard Hooper, B.A.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney