Ludovicus Jongen is a guest member at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

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Fields of interest

• Middle Dutch literature of all genres 
   

Description of my research

I am currently preparing a study of Middle Dutch hagiographical texts. In this study, I explore the history, literary structure, and the narrative motifs of these texts.
 

CV

From 1976 until my retirement in 2013, I taught Middle Dutch literature in the broadest sense; my courses offered in the Oude Nederlandse L&C programme, as well as my research, have explored Arthurian romances, fabliaux, encyclopaedias, and the lives of saints.
 

Key publications

Saint’s Lives in Middle Dutch (Edition & Translation with an Introduction in collaboration with Hildo van Es) 

The Middle Dutch 'Lucidarius' (Edition & Translation with an Introduction; in collaboration with Nolanda Klunder) 

The 'Achilleid'-adaption by Jacob van Maerlant (Edition & Translation with an Introduction in collaboration with Wilken Engelbrecht). 

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