UID:
almafu_9961128376402883
Format:
1 online resource (279 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781800108639
,
180010863X
Series Statement:
Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures ; v.10
Content:
Captured here for the first time is the richness of the Charlemagne tradition in medieval Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Wales and Ireland and its coherence as a series of adaptations of Old French chansons de geste.
Note:
Front cover -- Table of Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Map 1 -- Map 2 -- Map 3 -- Figure 1 -- Contributors -- General Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Transmission of Charlemagne in Scandinavia,Wales, and Ireland -- PART I: The Norse Charlemagne -- 1. Transmission, Translation, and Manuscript History -- 2. The Cultural and Ideological Function of Charlemagne -- 3. The Norse Roland in Context -- 4. The Impact of Charlemagne on the Native Literary Tradition in the North -- 5. Unger's Karlamagnús saga: A Modern Composition? -- Appendix -- PART II: The Celtic Charlemagne -- 6. Charlemagne in Ireland: Manuscripts and Audiences -- 7. Irish Charlemagne Texts: Narratives, Poems, and Genealogies -- 8. Translating Charlemagne for Welsh Audiences: The Case of Rhamant Otuel -- 9. The Reception of the French Charlemagne Epic in Medieval Wales -- 10. Charlemagne in Wales: Imperialism in Medieval Welsh Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index -- Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Fulton, Helen Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic Worlds Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited,c2022
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctv2nv8c3x
