The Roman de la Rose is the end of true mediæval poetry [...] Our age calls it false taste, and no doubt our age is right;- every age is right by its own standards as long as its standards amuse it. (Henry Adams)

The Roman de la Rose is the end of true mediæval poetry [...] Our age calls it false taste, and no doubt our age is right;- every age is right by its own standards as long as its standards amuse it.

Henry Adams

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