Constantinople and the West in Medieval French Literature: Renewal and Utopia

by Rima Devereaux

An indepth examination of the presentation of Constantinople and its complex relationship with the west in medieval French texts.

Medieval France saw Constantinople as something of a quintessential ideal city. Aspects of Byzantine life were imitated in and assimilated to the West in a movement of political and cultural renewal, but the Byzantine capital wasalso celebrated as the locus of a categorical and inimitable difference.
This book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843843021
• ISBN13: 9781843843023
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"