biography
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Andrea da Barberino
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originally Andrea de' Mengabotti
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pronunciation:
[andraya da bah(r)bere
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1370–c.1432)
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| biography:
| Story-teller and scholar, born in Barberino di Valdelsa, Tuscany, NW Italy. He re-elaborated in vernacular prose French legends from the Breton and Carlovingian cycle. His work, including Il Guering Meschin and I reali di Francia, enjoyed great popularity until the 19th-c. |
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