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Boundaries in Medieval Romance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 214

Boundaries in Medieval Romance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: DS Brewer

A wide-ranging collection on one of the most interesting features of medieval romance.

Imagining Iberia in English and Castilian Medieval Romance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Imagining Iberia in English and Castilian Medieval Romance

An innovative comparative study of Middle English and medieval Castilian romance

Rebel Barons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 319

Rebel Barons

Ambivalence towards kings, and other sovereign powers, is deep-seated in medieval culture: sovereigns might provide justice, but were always potential tyrants, who usurped power and 'stole' through taxation. Rebel Barons writes the history of this ambivalence, which was especially acute in England, France, and Italy in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, when the modern ideology of sovereignty, arguing for monopolies on justice and the legitimate use of violence, was developed. Sovereign powers asserted themselves militarily and economically provoking complex phenomena of resistance by aristocrats. This volume argues that the chansons de geste, the key genre for disseminating models of viole...

The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: DS Brewer

Twelve essays address a central concern of medieval romance, the matter of identity.

The History of the Holy War
  • Language: en

The History of the Holy War

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Futures of Medieval French
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

The Futures of Medieval French

Essays on aspects of medieval French literature, celebrating the scholarship of Sarah Kay and her influence on the field.

Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe

In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law and legal procedure. This book makes the case that one cannot understand the era's cultural trends without considering the profound development of law.

Bulletin bibliographique de la Société internationale arthurienne
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 540

Bulletin bibliographique de la Société internationale arthurienne

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Three Preludes to the Song of Roland
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 291

Three Preludes to the Song of Roland

The first English translation of three chansons de geste inspired by the Romance epic, the Song of Roland. The success of the eleventh-century Song of Roland gave rise to a series of around twenty related chansons de geste, known collectively as the Cycle of the King. In addition to reworkings of the Song of Roland in Old French and other medieval languages, these poems are devoted to the numerous military campaigns of Charlemagne against the Muslims before and after the tragic Battle of Roncevaux. These texts provide valuable insights into the medieval reception of the Roland material, exemplifying the process of cycle formation and attesting to the diversity of the Romance epic. Far from p...

The Welsh and the Medieval World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 354

The Welsh and the Medieval World

Entry point into Welsh migration by experts: many of the contributors have longer studies that students can then read; Multi-disciplinary: shows how historical and literary sources can be read together, includes new archaeological data Showcases new work by a new generation of Welsh historians.