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03173aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 5694FABCF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 170206t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1843844729 020 $a 9781843844723 035 $a (OCoLC)972082718 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 050 4 $a PN687.C5 $b H37 2017 082 04 $a 809/.93351 $2 23 100 1 $a Hardman, Phillipa, $d 1948- $e author. 245 14 $a The legend of Charlemagne in medieval England : $b The matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman literature / $c Phillipa Hardman and Marianne Ailes. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b D.S. Brewer, $c 2017. 300 $a xiv, 471 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures 490 0 $a Charlemagne : a European icon 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-459) and index. 520 8 $a The Matter of France, the legendary history of Charlemagne, had a central but now largely unrecognised 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: Roland, Fierebras, 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. 600 00 $a Charlemagne, $c Emperor, $d 742-814 $x In literature. 600 07 $a Charlemagne, $c Emperor, $d 742-814. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00034181 650 0 $a English literature $y Middle English, 1100-1500 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Anglo-Norman literature $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a France $x In literature. 650 7 $a Anglo-Norman literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00808974 650 7 $a English literature $x Middle English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710961 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 648 7 $a 1100-1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 700 1 $a Ailes, Marianne, $e author. 830 0 $a Bristol studies in medieval cultures. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020025347.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5694FABCF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search