
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- General Preface Charlemagne: A European Icon
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction Charlemagne in England: Owning the Legend
- 1 Acculturating Charlemagne: The Insular Literary Context
- 2 Charlemagne ‘Translated’: The Anglo-Norman Tradition
- 3 Charlemagne ‘Appropriated’: The Middle English Tradition
- 4 Re-Imagining the Hero: The Insular Roland and the Battle of Roncevaux
- 5 Re-Presenting Otherness: The Insular Fierabras Tradition
- 6 Re-Purposing the Narrative: The Insular Otinel Tradition
- Conclusion: The Insular Afterlife of the Matter of France
- Appendix The Corpus: Texts and Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index
- Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
- Charlemagne: A European Icon
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- General Preface Charlemagne: A European Icon
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction Charlemagne in England: Owning the Legend
- 1 Acculturating Charlemagne: The Insular Literary Context
- 2 Charlemagne ‘Translated’: The Anglo-Norman Tradition
- 3 Charlemagne ‘Appropriated’: The Middle English Tradition
- 4 Re-Imagining the Hero: The Insular Roland and the Battle of Roncevaux
- 5 Re-Presenting Otherness: The Insular Fierabras Tradition
- 6 Re-Purposing the Narrative: The Insular Otinel Tradition
- Conclusion: The Insular Afterlife of the Matter of France
- Appendix The Corpus: Texts and Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index
- Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
- Charlemagne: A European Icon
Summary

- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval EnglandThe Matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman Literature, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017