Elspeth Mary Kennedy, MA, DPhil, FSA (1921 — March 10, 2006) was a British academic and a prominent medievalist. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...

Elspeth Kennedy's academic career was delayed by World War II, during which she worked for the government. A scholar at Somerville College, Oxford from 1945 to 1947, she went on to do research, and became a lecturer in French at the University of Manchester in 1953. Elspeth Kennedy became a Fellow of St Hilda's College in 1966 and remained there until her retirement in 1986. From then until her death she was an Emeritus Fellow of St Hilda's. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Full name Somerville College Motto Donec rursus impleat orbem Named after Mary Somerville Previous Names Somerville Hall Established 1879 Sister College Girton College Principal Dame Fiona Caldicott JCR President Simon Bruegger MCR President Allen Middlebro Location Woodstock Road, Oxford Undergraduates 396 Graduates 88 Homepage Boat Club Somerville College is one... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England, was formed by the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... St Hildas College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Elspeth Kennedy was President of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature (1984-88), President of the International Arthurian Society (1987-90), an editor of Medium Aevum (1990-2002). She was a member of the Lancelot committees of the Royal Academy of the Netherlands and of the Constantijn Huygens Instituut of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Elspeth Kennedy is best known as the editor and author of works on medieval French literature. French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ...

Bibliography

• A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry: Geoffroi de Charny (translator) (with Richard W. Kaeuper) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)
• The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny (text, context and translation) (with Richard W. Kaeuper) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996)
• Shifts and Transpositions in Medieval Narrative: A Festschrift for Elspeth Kennedy (ed. Karen Pratt, 1994)
• Lancelot of the Lake, (introduction) Translation and notes Corin Corley (Oxford World's Classics, 1989)
• Lancelot and the Grail: A Study of the Prose Lancelot (Clarendon Press, 1986)
• Lancelot Do Lac, the Non-Cyclic Old French Prose Romance, Two Volumes (ed.) (OUP, 1980)
• Social and Political Ideas In the French Prose Lancelot, A Note on The Breton Lays Mediumaevum Vol XXVI (with Rachel Bromwich) (Dawson, 1965)