CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS
I. Middle Ages
- CHANSONS DE GESTE, eleventh to thirteenth centuries.
- Chanson de Roland, circa 1080.
- ROMANS BRETONS, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES, wrote circa 1170-80.
- FABLIAUX, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- Roman de Renard, thirteenth century.
- Aucassin et Nicolete, circa thirteenth century.
- VILLEHARDOUIN, d. 1213.
- Conquête de Constantinople, 1205-13.
- GUILLAUME DE LORRIS (?).
- Le Roman de la Rose (first part), circa 1237.
- JEAN DE MEUNG, d. 1305.
- Le Roman de la Rose (second part), 1277.
- JOINVILLE, 1224-1319.
- Vie de Saint Louis, 1309.
- FROISSART, 1337-circa 1410.
- Chroniques, 1373-1400.
- VILLON, 1431-(?).
- Grand Testament, 1461.
- COMMYNES, 1445-1509.
- Mémoires, 1488-98.
II. Renaissance
- MAROT, 1496-1544.
- RABELAIS, circa 1494-1553.
- RONSARD, 1524-85.
- DU BELLAY, 1522-60.
- Défense et Illustration de la Langue Française, 1549.
- JODELLE, 1532-73.
- Cléopâtre, 1552.
- MONTAIGNE, 1533-92.
- Essays, 1580-88.
III. Age of Transition
- MALHERBE, 1555-1628.
- Odes, 1607-28.
- HARDY, 1570-1631 (circa).
- Tragedies, 1593-1630.
- ACADEMY, founded 1629.
- CORNEILLE, 1606-84.
- Le Cid, 1636.
- Les Horaces, 1640.
- Cinna, 1640.
- Polyeucte, 1643.
- PASCAL, 1623-62.
- Lettres Provinciales, 1656-57.
- Pensées, first edition 1670, first complete edition 1844.