The Charlemagne legend in Medieval Latin texts

This book explores the multiplicity of ways in which the Charlemagne legend was recorded in Latin texts of the central and later Middle Ages, moving beyond some of the earlier canonical "raw materials", such as Einhard's <I>Vita Karoli Magni</I>, to focus on productions of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Purkis, William J., editor (editor), Gabriele, Matthew, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer 2016.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Bristol studies in medieval culture,
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book explores the multiplicity of ways in which the Charlemagne legend was recorded in Latin texts of the central and later Middle Ages, moving beyond some of the earlier canonical "raw materials", such as Einhard's <I>Vita Karoli Magni</I>, to focus on productions of the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. A distinctive feature of the volume's coverage is the diversity of Latin textual environments and genres that the contributors examine in their work, including chronicles, liturgy and pseudo-histories, as well as apologetical treatises and works of hagiography and literature. Perhaps most importantly, the book examines the "many lives" that Charlemagne was believed to have lived by successive generations of medieval Latin writers, for whom he was not only a king and an emperor but also a saint, a crusader, and, indeed, a necrophiliac.<BR><BR> Contributors: Matthew Gabriele, Jace Stuckey, Sebastián Salvadó, Miguel Dolan Gómez, Jeffrey Doolittle, James Williams, Andrew J. Romig, Oren J. Margolis.
Notas:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico (xvii, 241 p.)
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781782048534