NOAH D. GUYNN is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. DAVID F. HULT is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. ELIZABETH SCALA is Perceval Professor of Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Texas, Austin.

This careful edition, based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C447 (with variants from other manuscripts), has a facing‑page translation into English with excellent extensive notes, explaining Roman political terminology as well as terms for day‑to‑day objects. The addition of excerpts from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, telling the two stories in different contexts, with additional illustrations, completes this expertly edited volume.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroductionNotes on the EditionNotes on Images1. The Tale of Verginia from Bersuire's Tite-Live2. The Tale of Lucretia from Bersuire's Tite-Live3. The Tale of Verginia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose4. The Tale of Lucretia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la RoseBibliographyIndex

NOAH D. GUYNN is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. DAVID F. HULT is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. ELIZABETH SCALA is Perceval Professor of Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Texas, Austin.

This careful edition, based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C447 (with variants from other manuscripts), has a facing‑page translation into English with excellent extensive notes, explaining Roman political terminology as well as terms for day‑to‑day objects. The addition of excerpts from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, telling the two stories in different contexts, with additional illustrations, completes this expertly edited volume.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroductionNotes on the EditionNotes on Images1. The Tale of Verginia from Bersuire's Tite-Live2. The Tale of Lucretia from Bersuire's Tite-Live3. The Tale of Verginia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose4. The Tale of Lucretia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la RoseBibliographyIndex

NOAH D. GUYNN is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. DAVID F. HULT is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. ELIZABETH SCALA is Perceval Professor of Medieval Romance, Historiography, and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Texas, Austin.

This careful edition, based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C447 (with variants from other manuscripts), has a facing‑page translation into English with excellent extensive notes, explaining Roman political terminology as well as terms for day‑to‑day objects. The addition of excerpts from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose, telling the two stories in different contexts, with additional illustrations, completes this expertly edited volume.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroductionNotes on the EditionNotes on Images1. The Tale of Verginia from Bersuire's Tite-Live2. The Tale of Lucretia from Bersuire's Tite-Live3. The Tale of Verginia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose4. The Tale of Lucretia from Jean de Meun's Roman de la RoseBibliographyIndex