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Tirant lo Blanc

1490 · 15th century

Tirant lo Blanc is a chivalric romance in Catalan by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, completed after his death by Martí Joan de Galba and printed in Valencia in 1490. Realistic and humorous, it tells of a knight who saves the Byzantine Empire, and it was praised by Cervantes in Don Quixote.

Tirant lo Blanc
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tirant lo Blanc. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tirant-lo-blanc
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“Tirant lo Blanc.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tirant-lo-blanc. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tirant lo Blanc.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tirant-lo-blanc.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tirant lo Blanc’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tirant-lo-blanc (Accessed: ).

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