Anthony Munday, ‘The Honourable, Pleasant, and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos’

A Critical Edition with an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, Notes, and Glossary

edited by Leticia Alvarez-Recio

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Extent: 373 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2022)

ISBN: 9781580444828

Price: $65.00

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PDF (Published)

(February 2022)

ISBN: 9781580444835

Price: $24.00

This volume contains the first critical edition of The Honourable, Pleasant and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos (London, 1589), a chivalric romance translated into English by Anthony Munday.


Munday’s translation is based on a Spanish original entitled Primaleon de Grecia I (Salamanca, 1512). This Spanish romance, the second book in the Palmerin cycle, soon became a best-seller in the Spanish market, with several editions published between 1512 and 1588. The work was also translated into many continental languages. Anthony Munday translated his Palmendos from the French version by Francois de Vernassal late in 1588. The Historie of Palmendos comprised the first thirty-two chapters of the French text and focused on the adventures of Palmendos on his journey to Constantinople. It was reprinted in 1653 and 1663 with slight alterations from the 1589 version. This is an original-spelling edition that produces a most reliable text, as close as possible to the author’s original manuscript.

  • Edited by Leticia Álvarez-Recio