Guillaume de Machaut is the most important poet and composer of late medieval France. His unique and inventive output is the subject of this edition of Machaut's poetry. Le Jugement Du Roy De Behaigne and Remede De Fortune was published in collaboration with the Chaucer Library. These two works are among de Machaut’s most important artistically in terms of their formal innovations and their influence on contemporaries, notably Geoffrey Chaucer, and the associated Lay de plour, presented here with its music. This volume includes the French originals and facing English translations.

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Guillaume de Machaut (Author)
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (1300?–1377) was a medieval French poet and composer.

James I. Wimsatt (Editor)
JAMES I. WIMSATT (1927-2023) was a professor of medieval studies emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include Chaucer and the French Love Poets, The Marguerite Poetry of Guillaume de Machaut, and Allegory and Mirror: Tradition and Structure in Middle English Literature.

William W. Kibler (Editor)
WILLIAM W. KIBLER is a professor of medieval studies emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include The Lancelot-Grail Cycle: Texts and Transformations, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Patron and Politician.