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

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Gesta Romanorum

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

In the "Gesta Romanorum," that medieval repository of accumulated narratives, the element of setting is nearly as non-existent as the element of background in the frescoes of Pompeii.

From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

The Gesta Romanorum in any of its numerous forms is probably later.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

Both these fables are found in the Gesta Romanorum, a Latin compilation of allegorical tales, which had been translated into English as early as the time of Henry VI....

From A Mother's List of Books for Children by Arnold, Gertrude Weld

His sources seem to have been the Decameron and the Gesta Romanorum principally, though some of his tales are original.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George