Reynaud or Renaut de Louhans or Louens was a Dominican translator from Poligny, in the

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, active in the 1330s. Louhans produced

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translations of

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' '' De consolatione philosophiae '', as ''Roman de Fortune et de Felicité'', and of Albertanus of Brescia's ''Liber consolationis et consilii'', as ''Le Livre de Melibee et de Prudence''. His ''Livre de Melibee et de Prudence'', was copied into ''

The Book of the Knight of the Tower ''The Book of the Knight of the Tower'' (full French title: ''Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry'') is a book commenced by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry in 1371, and which he continued writing at least until 1 ...

'' and inspired

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's "

The Tale of Melibee "The Tale of Melibee" (also called "The Tale of Melibeus") is one of '' The Canterbury Tales'' by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale in the collection told by Chaucer himself. After being interrupted by the host Harry Bailly, Chaucer la ...

".Dominick Grace, "Telling differences: Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' and Renaud de Louen's 'Livre de Melibee et Prudence'", ''

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'', 82:4 (2003), pp. 367-400.

References

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