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Robert the Devil

Robert the Devil hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his many sins. The tale may have been derived from the life of Robert I, duke of Normandy. The story exists in several French and English versions and is the basis of Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable.

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Robert the Devil

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Robert the Devil, 6th duke of Normandy and father of William the Conqueror, a personage about whom many legends gathered in consequence of his violence and cruelty. The Life of Robert the Devil, a verse-tale, is a translation from the French and was printed in 1496 by Wynkyn de Worde. T. Lodge wrote a drama on the same subject.

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Robert le diable

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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil). Opera in 5 acts by Meyerbeer to lib. by Scribe and Delavigne. Prod. Paris 1831, London 1832, NY 1834.

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