M Joseph BédierJoseph Bédier (1864 - 1938) was a French writer and scholar and historian of medieval France. Bédier was born in Paris, France to Adolphe Bédier, a lawyer of Breton origin and spent his childhood in Réunion. He was a professor of medieval French liteature at the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland (1889-1891) and the Collège de France, Paris (c. 1893). Bédier revived interest in several important old French texts, including Le roman de Tristan et Iseut (1900), La chanson de Roland (1921) and Les fabliaux (1893). He was a member of the Académie française from 1920 until his death. Read More Read Less