P. Rickard

Britain in Medieval French Literature

1100 1500

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive 1956 study of French and Provençal literature of the medieval period in terms of its connections with the British Isles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781107670709
• ISBN-10: 1107670705
• Artikelnr.: 34571263

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The historical background
2. Some early allusions
3. The 'matter of Britain': Geoffrey of Monmouth and Wace
4. The 'matter of Britain': some of its manifestations
5. The role of England in romances of adventure
6. Great Englishmen
7. The English character
8. England as rival and enemy
9. Scotland and the Scots
10. Ireland and Irishmen
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.