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Author : Berthault de Villebresmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book “La” Geste de Chevalier Au Cygne written by Berthault de Villebresmes and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Crane
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812218060
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Performance of Self written by Susan Crane and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-05-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crane's consideration of 'court performances' of later fourteenth- and earlier fifteenth-century English and French literature and culture is both polished and erudite, written both deftly and with clarity throughout. A finely crafted and imaginative study."—Paul Strohm, University of Oxford
Author : Dr Carol Sweetenham
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409482758
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Chanson d'Antioche written by Dr Carol Sweetenham and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old-French Chanson d'Antioche has long intrigued historians and literary scholars. Unusually among epic poems, it follows closely a well documented historical event – the First Crusade – and appears to include substantial and genuine historical content. At one time it was believed to be based on an account by an eye-witness, 'Richard the Pilgrim'. Carol Sweetenham and Susan Edgington have combined forces to investigate such claims, and their findings are set out in a comprehensive introduction which, firstly, examines the textual history of the poem from its possible oral beginnings through several re-workings to its present form, achieved early in the thirteenth century. A second chapter assesses the Chanson's value as a source for the crusade, and a third considers its status as a literary text. A complete prose translation follows, the first in English and based on the definitive edition. The Chanson is revealed as a lively narrative, with tales of chivalry, villainy, and even episodes of humour. There are extensive footnotes to the translation, and an appendix provides supplementary material from a different manuscript tradition. There is also a cast list of heroes and villains with biographical information for the 'real' ones and literary analogues for the fictional characters. The Chanson d'Antioche can now be read for enjoyment, and for a whole new perspective on crusading in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Author : Carol Sweetenham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317038762
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Chanson d'Antioche written by Carol Sweetenham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old-French Chanson d'Antioche has long intrigued historians and literary scholars. Unusually among epic poems, it follows closely a well documented historical event - the First Crusade - and appears to include substantial and genuine historical content. At one time it was believed to be based on an account by an eye-witness, 'Richard the Pilgrim'. Carol Sweetenham and Susan Edgington have combined forces to investigate such claims, and their findings are set out in a comprehensive introduction which, firstly, examines the textual history of the poem from its possible oral beginnings through several re-workings to its present form, achieved early in the thirteenth century. A second chapter assesses the Chanson's value as a source for the crusade, and a third considers its status as a literary text. A complete prose translation follows, the first in English and based on the definitive edition. The Chanson is revealed as a lively narrative, with tales of chivalry, villainy, and even episodes of humour. There are extensive footnotes to the translation, and an appendix provides supplementary material from a different manuscript tradition. There is also a cast list of heroes and villains with biographical information for the 'real' ones and literary analogues for the fictional characters. The Chanson d'Antioche can now be read for enjoyment, and for a whole new perspective on crusading in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Author : Jan Boyd Roberts
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817308551
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Godefroi de Buillon written by Jan Boyd Roberts and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Godefroi de Buillon is an edition of folios 1 through 60 of Paris, Biblioth?que Nationale, fonds fran?ais 781, a prose version of the Old French Crusade Cycle dating from the close of the 13th century. It includes the Beatrix version of the Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne, Le Chevalier au Cygne, Les Enfances Godefroi, La Chanson dÕAntioche, Les ChŽtifs, and La Chanson de JŽrusalem. It is of considerable interest for the history of French literature because it is apparently one of the earliest mises en prose, preceded perhaps only by Robert de BoronÕs prose Merlin. The author explicitly refers to his purpose: ÒlÕai commenchie sans rime pour lÕestore avoir plus abregiet et si me sanle que le rime est mout plaisans et mout bele mais mout est longue [I undertook it without rhyme to have it shorter, for it seems to me that rhyme is beautiful but very long]Ó (1:3-5). In fact, he has rendered the original verse into prose by two distinct methods. The Swan Knight branches of the Cycle are severely abbreviated. Collation with the verse texts is impossible; individual verses are only rarely identifiable. On the other hand, the more historically based branches are the product of an almost verse for line dŽrimage, more often than not by the simple elimination of the second hemistich, as well as the elimination of repetitive, descriptive, and affective passages.
Author : Carol Sweetenham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317038738
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Chanson des Chétifs and Chanson de Jérusalem written by Carol Sweetenham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Crusade was arguably one of the most significant events of the Middle Ages. It was the only event to generate its own epic cycle, the Old French Crusade Cycle. The central trilogy at the heart of the Cycle describes the Crusade from its beginnings to the climactic battle of Ascalon, comprising the Chanson d’Antioche, the Chanson des Chétifs and the Chanson de Jérusalem. This translation of the Chétifs and the Jérusalem accompanies and completes the translation of the Antioche and makes the trilogy available to English readers in its entirety for the first time. The value of the trilogy lies above all in the insight it gives us to medieval perceptions of the Crusade. The events are portrayed as part of a divine plan where even outcasts and captives can achieve salvation through Crusade. This in turn underlies the value of the Cycle as a recruiting and propaganda tool. The trilogy gives a window onto the chivalric preoccupations of thirteenth-century France, exploring concerns about status, heroism and defeat. It portrays the material realities of the era in vivid detail: the minutiae of combat, smoke-filled halls, feasts, prisons and more. And the two newly translated poems are highly entertaining as well, featuring a lubricious Saracen lady not in the first flush of youth, a dragon inhabited by a devil, marauding monkeys, miracles and much more. The historian will find little new about the Crusade itself, but abundant material on how it was perceived, portrayed and performed. The translation is accompanied by an introduction examining the origins of the two poems and their wider place in the cycle. It is supported by extensive footnotes, a comprehensive index of names and places and translations of the main variants.
Author : Jan A. Nelson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817303037
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Old French Crusade Cycle written by Jan A. Nelson and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter R. Grillo
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817301347
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Jérusalem Continuations: La Chrétienté Corbaran. pt. 2. La prise d'arce, La mort Godefroi, and La chanson des Rois Baudouin written by Peter R. Grillo and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter R. Grillo
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817307615
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Ofcc V8 Jerusalem Continuations written by Peter R. Grillo and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth volume in the monumental series The Old French Crusade Cycle, The Jerusalem Continuations recounts the legendary and semi-historical events in the Holy Land after the death of Godfrey, leader of the First Crusade, and continuing up to the arrival of Salah ed-Din. Published in the original old French text, the project began in 1965 and will be completed with three forthcoming volumes. The series will put into one standard format the entire collection of text that tells the story of the First Crusade--texts that are dispersed among 11 manuscripts written during the 13th-15th centuries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351665669
Total Pages : 1078 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Medieval France (1995) written by William W. Kibler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia is the first single-volume reference work on the history and culture of medieval France. It covers the political, intellectual, literary, and musical history of the country from the early fifth to the late fifteenth century. The shorter entries offer succinct summaries of the lives of individuals, events, works, cities, monuments, and other important subjects, followed by essential bibliographies. Longer essay-length articles provide interpretive comments about significant institutions and important periods or events. The Encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and includes a generous selection of illustrations, maps, charts, and genealogies. It is especially strong in its coverage of economic issues, women, music, religion and literature. This comprehensive work of over 2,400 entries will be of key interest to students and scholars, as well as general readers.
Author : Emanuel J. Mickel
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817310165
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Les enfances Godefroi written by Emanuel J. Mickel and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the epic cycle of poems concerning the First Crusade focuses on the birth and early fictional life of the hero Godfrey and his encounter with the Saracen Cornumarant. The ten-volume Old French Crusade Cycle, when completed, will represent a large body of epics never before edited critically, important both for an understanding of the phenomenon of cyclical composition and an understanding of the problem of the relationship between epic and romance. Published in Old French, the cycle, which dates from the 13th century, is both history and fiction, romance and epic, folklore and reality; its sources are both oral and classical, and its influence can be seen in translations and versions in Spanish, English, and German. Thus, it is of great value to scholars in a wide range of fields, including Old French literature, Old Spanish literature, Medieval German literature, Middle English literature, folklore, history, linguistics, and music history. This third volume, edited by Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr., includes two branches: Les Enfances Godefroi presents the birth and childhood of Godfrey, the future hero of the First Crusade, and focuses on the Boulogne/Bouillon family. This poem includes expanded treatment of Ida and a long episode in England concerning Godfrey's older brother, Eustace, the future count of Boulogne. The other branch, the Retour de Cornumarant, is a later addition that concerns the Saracen's journey to Europe to assassinate Godfrey before he can lead the crusade. As it turns out, the journey actually succeeds in promoting the crusading movement.
Author : D. A. Trotter
Publisher : Librairie Droz
ISBN 13 : 9782600036375
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Medieval French Literature and the Crusades (1100-1300) written by D. A. Trotter and published by Librairie Droz. This book was released on 1988 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0824044444
Total Pages : 2071 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Medieval France written by William W. Kibler and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 2071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically, with a brief introduction that clearly defines the scope and purpose of the book. Illustrations include maps, B/W photographs, genealogical tables, and lists of architectural terms.
Author : Simon John
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317126300
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Godfrey of Bouillon written by Simon John and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new appraisal of the ancestry and career of Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100), a leading participant in the First Crusade (1096-99), and the first ruler of Latin Jerusalem (1099-1100), the polity established by the crusaders after they captured the Holy City. While previous studies of Godfrey’s life have tended to focus on his career from the point at which he joined the crusade, this book adopts a more holistic approach, situating his involvement in the expedition in the light of the careers of his ancestors and his own activities in Lotharingia, the westernmost part of the kingdom of Germany. The findings of this enquiry shed new light on the repercussions of a range of critical developments in Latin Christendom in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, including the impact of the ‘Investiture Conflict’ in Lotharingia, the response to the call for the First Crusade in Germany, Godfrey’s influence upon the course of the crusade, his role in its leadership, and his activities during the initial phases of Latin settlement in the Holy Land in its aftermath.
Author : Julie A. Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Childhood of the Epic Hero written by Julie A. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Autori Vari
Publisher : Viella Libreria Editrice
ISBN 13 : 8867289055
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (672 download)
Download or read book «Par deviers Rome m’en revenrai errant» written by Autori Vari and published by Viella Libreria Editrice. This book was released on 2017-08-02T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Il volume raccoglie gli atti del XXème Congrès International de la Société Rencesvals pour l’étude des épopées romanes (Sapienza - Università di Roma, 20-24 luglio 2015) e presenta lo stato dell’arte e le ricerche in corso sull’epica romanza medievale propriamente detta, sulla sua posterità nell’età moderna e sulla produzione non romanza a essa correlata, offrendo un panorama ricco ‒ se non completo ‒ degli attuali orientamenti scientifici e dei risultati raggiunti. Per il congresso di Roma ‒ cui hanno preso parte studiosi provenienti dall’Europa, dal Nord e dal Sud America e dall’Africa ‒ sono stati proposti i seguenti temi: I. Rome et l’Italie dans les chansons de geste; II. Phénomènes de cyclisation: grandes et petites gestes; III. Le XVe siècle: proses et renouvellements; IV. L’histoire des recherches sur la matière de France; a questi si aggiungono gli interventi raccolti nella sezione Varia.
Author : Jane Gilbert
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843845954
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Futures of Medieval French written by Jane Gilbert and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on aspects of medieval French literature, celebrating the scholarship of Sarah Kay and her influence on the field.
