Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts
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Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (d. about 1557), French
translator, was born in Picardy
.
He served in the artillery, and at the expressed desire of Francis I
he translated into
French the first eight books of Amadis de Gaula
(1540-1548). The remaining books were translated by other authors.
His other translations from the Spanish
include L'Amant maltraite de sa mye (1539); Le Prèmier Livre de la chronique de dom Flores de Grèce (1552); and L'Horloge des princes (1555) from Antonio de Guevara
. He also translated the works of Josephus
(1557).
The Amadis de Gaula was translated into English by Anthony Munday
in 1619.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
translator, was born in Picardy
Picardy
This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France...
.
He served in the artillery, and at the expressed desire of Francis I
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
he translated into
French the first eight books of Amadis de Gaula
Amadis de Gaula
Amadis de Gaula is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales which were in vogue in 16th century Iberian Peninsula, and formed the earliest reading of many Renaissance and Baroque writers, although it was written at the onset of the 14th century.The first known printed edition was published...
(1540-1548). The remaining books were translated by other authors.
His other translations from the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
include L'Amant maltraite de sa mye (1539); Le Prèmier Livre de la chronique de dom Flores de Grèce (1552); and L'Horloge des princes (1555) from Antonio de Guevara
Antonio de Guevara
Antonio de Guevara was a Spanish chronicler and moralist.Born in Treceño in the province of Cantabria, he passed some of his youth at the court of Isabella I of Castile. In 1528 he entered the Franciscan order, and afterwards accompanied Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during his journeys to Italy...
. He also translated the works of Josephus
Josephus
Titus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of...
(1557).
The Amadis de Gaula was translated into English by Anthony Munday
Anthony Munday
Anthony Munday was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reader lies in his collaboration with Shakespeare and others on the play Sir Thomas More and his writings on Robin Hood.-Biography:He was once thought to have been born in 1553, because...
in 1619.