Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-239) and index.
Contents:
The Bayeux Tapestry: performative text -- The Roman de Rou: a Norman myth? -- The end of Normanitas, the uses of the Britons and the rise of Engleterre -- The historical context: localism evolving into nationalism -- Fantosme's nationalism: land and people -- Form and genre: innovation and its implications -- Fantosme's Chronicle: sacred history -- The Roman d'Eneas: the birth of romance -- Insular 'romance'? The Romance of Horn -- Gerald of Wales: clerical historiography -- The Song and secular history: chaotic narrative -- Saint Patrick's Purgatory: H. de Saltrey's Tractatus and Marie de France
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