Reviews
"Andrea da Barberino and the Language of Chivalry offers the reader a wealth of linguistic, structural, and textual analysis that is literally unprecedented for this corpus. . . . [It] will give comparative medieval scholars -- historians and literary historians alike -- the information they need to arrive at an informed understanding of chivalry as an ideal and a practice in different times and places in medieval and early modern Europe." -- The Medieval Review
--The Medieval Review
"Allaire's book, which meticulously examines the corpus of Andrea da Barberino, contributes to a project that is a vital prerequisite to understanding the evolution of the chivalric code. . . . Andrea da Barberino and the Language of Chivalry offers the reader a wealth of linguistic, structural, and textual analysis that is literally unprecedented for this corpus. This book, and more books like it, will give comparative medieval scholars -- historians and literary historians alike -- the information they need to arrive at an informed understanding of chivalry as an ideal and a practice in different times and places in medieval and early modern Europe." -- Medieval Review
--Medieval Review
"Important work, well conceived and executed. . . . There is much here to stimulate future research." -- Notes and Queries
--Notes and Queries
"This substantial monograph stands as a testament to the scholarly erudition, painstaking bibliographical research, codicological expertise, and paleographical mastery of the author. . . . [A] remarkably well-focused study that argues persuasively -- on the basis of stylistic, linguistic, and narrative clues -- as to which texts should be included in Andrea's definitive corpus and which should be excluded." -- South Atlantic Review
--South Atlantic Review
"What is so impressive about this study is its thoroughness and meticulous preparation. Because of Allaire's extensive archival research and attention to detail she too recreates with great verisimilitude the storia of a man whose works serve as an important connection between medieval traditions of heroic storytelling and the Italian Renaissance epic." -Italian Culture
--Italian Culture
"Allaire sheds new light on an unfairly ignored author of the early Renaissance. By re-examining the manuscripts themselves, she is able to re-evaluate the scholarly opinion on Andrea da Barberino represents an important figure in the development of Italian literature."
--Quidditas