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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: legend of Charlemagne in medieval England
    sub title: the matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman literature
  name:
    name part: Hardman, Phillipa
    name part: 1948-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Ailes, Marianne
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiv, 471 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  abstract: The Matter of France, the legendary history of Charlemagne, had a central but now largely unrecognized place in the multilingual culture of medieval England. From the early claim in the Chanson de Roland that Charlemagne held England as his personal domain, to the later proliferation of Middle English romances of Charlemagne, the materials are woven into the insular political and cultural imagination. However, unlike the wide range of continental French romances, the insular tradition concentrates on stories of a few heroic characters, including Roland, Fierebras and Otinel. Why did writers and audiences in England turn again and again to these narratives, rewirting and reinterpreting them for more than two hundred years? This book is the first full-length study of the tradition. It investigates the currency and impact of the Matter of France with equal attention to English and French language texts, setting each individual manuscript or early printed text in its contemporary cultural and political context. The narratives are revealed to be extraordinarily adaptable, using the iconic opposition between Carolingian and Saracen heroes to reflect concerns with national politics, religious identity, the future of Christendom, chivalry and ethics, and monarchy and treason.
  note: Phillipa Hardman and Marianne Ailes.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-459) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk-en
    geographic code: e-fr---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Emperor
      name part: Charlemagne
      name part: 742-814
    topic: In literature
  subject:
    topic: English literature
    temporal: Middle English, 1100-1500
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Anglo-Norman literature
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    geographic: France
    topic: In literature
  classification: 809/.93351
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Bristol studies in medieval cultures
  identifier: 9781843844723
  identifier: 1843844729
  record info:
    record content source: ERASA
    record creation date: 170206
    record change date: 20180214130815.0
    record identifier: in00003892808