In the long history of European prose, few works have been more
influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among
the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition.
Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during
the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work,
dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de
Montalvo. An early bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was
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