Charlemagne in the Francophone World and Occitania

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-84384-734-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 360 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures

Explores the transmission and reception of the medieval legends of Charlemagne in the literatures of the French-speaking areas of France, Burgundy and England, and Occitania.

The spread of Charlemagne's myth after his death was even more extensive than the empire he ruled during his life. This volume turns to the birthplace of many of these myths, and to the languages of the North (langue d'oïl) and South (langue d'oc) of that land. The first chapter traces the presence and development of his legend the diverse political and cultural areas south of the Loire generally known as Occitania. The two following chapters analyse the often contradictory representations of Charlemagne in northern French-speaking regions in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, through a careful selection of chansons de geste and chronicles. Using ethnographic theories, they consider his roles as warrior, secular ruler and conduit to the divine. The fourth and fifth chapters examine the exploitation of those images among readers of French in England and in French-speaking provinces ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy. Finally, the epilogue traces the continued vibrancy of Charlemagne stories in popular and high culture through to the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Philip E

Ailes, Marianne

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ailes, Marianne

Bennett, Philip E

Emerson, Catherine

Léglu, Catherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Contributors

General Preface: Charlemagne: A European Icon
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Charlemagne in the langue d'oïl and in Occitan - Philip E. Bennett and Marianne Ailes
1. Charlemagne in Occitania - Catherine Léglu
2. Charlemagne the Ruler in the Continental Langue d'oïl: Secular and Spiritual Functions - Philip E. Bennett
3. Charlemagne the Warrior in the Continental Langue d'oïl - Philip E. Bennett
4. Reading Charlemagne in Medieval England - Marianne J. Ailes
5. Charlemagne in Burgundian Literature of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Catherine Emerson
6. Epilogue: Afterlives of Charlemagne - Marianne Ailes and Philip E. Bennett

Bibliography of Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bennett, Philip E
PHILIP E. BENNETT is Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh.

Ailes, Marianne
MARIANNE AILES is Professor of French at the University of Bristol.

Ailes, Marianne
MARIANNE AILES is Professor of French at the University of Bristol.

Bennett, Philip E
PHILIP E. BENNETT is Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh.