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The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts

By Purkis, William J

The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts Contemporary literature

The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts

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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 Vita Karoli Magni, 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. William J. Purkis is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Birmingham; Matthew Gabriele is an Associate Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of Religion & Culture at Virginia Tech. Contributors: Jeffrey Doolittle, Matthew Gabriele, Miguel Dolan Gómez, Oren Margolis, William J. Purkis, Andrew J. Romig, Sebastián Salvadó, Jace Stuckey, James Williams.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
262
Release Date:
2016-10-21
Publication Date:
2016-10-21
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843844486
ISBN13:
9781843844488
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[email protected]
Weight:
465 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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