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'''''Amadís de Gaula''''' is the lead character of the great Spanish medieval romance of the same nameFor the published version of the work, Geoffrey de Montalvo deleted the sections of the work containing the most violence. The three original volumes of the Amadis saga are now lost, except for fragmentary remains in the British library.
'''''Amadís de Gaula''''' is a landmark medieval romance novel series of the iberian peninsula, and the lead character of said novel''Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo'', who wrote the 1508 edition of the books, admitted himself to have removed and altered segments from the originals. <ref>[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amad%C3%ADs_de_Gaula#cite_note-2 Spanish Wikipedia source on the comments]</ref> The three original unedited volumes of the Amadis saga are now lost, except for fragmentary remains in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkley. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110608031228/http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/Bibl_libros_de_caballerias/bibliography.pdf BIBLIOGRAFÍA DE LOS LIBROS
DE CABALLERÍAS CASTELLANOS (Daniel Eisenberg & M.ª Carmen Marín Pina) - Page 129</ref>


==History==
==History==
Geoffrey de Montalvo had in his possession three surviving volumes of the Amadis saga, which consisted of parchment scrolls bound into leather covers.  He systematically deleted the most violent chapters of the saga and altered the original ending, in which Amadis is slain by his son Esplandian so that instead the saga ends with a double wedding, in which both Amadis and his son marry their lady loves.  The published version was a hit, so much so that Montalvo wrote a fourth and concluding volume.
''Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo'' had in his possession three surviving volumes of the Amadis saga, which consisted of parchment scrolls bound into leather covers.  He deleted many most violent chapters of the saga and altered the original ending, in which Amadis is slain by his son ''Esplandian''. Instead, the saga ends with a double wedding, in which both Amadis and his son marry their lady loves.  This published version was enough of a success for ''Montalvo'' to write one final book in the saga.


==External Link==
==External Link==
*[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadis_de_Gaula The Wikipedia page for ''Amadís de Gaula'' (aka ''Amadis the Gaul'').]
*[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadis_de_Gaula The Wikipedia page for ''Amadís de Gaula'' (aka ''Amadis the Gaul'').]
==References==
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Amadis de Gaula 1533.jpg

Cover of the Spanish version of Amadís de Gaula.

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Amadís de Gaula is a landmark medieval romance novel series of the iberian peninsula, and the lead character of said novel. Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, who wrote the 1508 edition of the books, admitted himself to have removed and altered segments from the originals. [1] The three original unedited volumes of the Amadis saga are now lost, except for fragmentary remains in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkley. [2]

History

Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo had in his possession three surviving volumes of the Amadis saga, which consisted of parchment scrolls bound into leather covers. He deleted many most violent chapters of the saga and altered the original ending, in which Amadis is slain by his son Esplandian. Instead, the saga ends with a double wedding, in which both Amadis and his son marry their lady loves. This published version was enough of a success for Montalvo to write one final book in the saga.

External Link

References

  1. Spanish Wikipedia source on the comments
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608031228/http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/deisenbe/Bibl_libros_de_caballerias/bibliography.pdf BIBLIOGRAFÍA DE LOS LIBROS DE CABALLERÍAS CASTELLANOS (Daniel Eisenberg & M.ª Carmen Marín Pina) - Page 129