The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval England: The Matter of France in Middle English and Anglo-Norman Literature

by Phillipa Hardman and Professor Marianne Ailes

The first full-length examination of the medieval Charlemagne tradition in the literature and culture of medieval England, from the Chanson de Roland to Caxton.

The Matter of France, the legendary history of Charlemagne, had a central but now largely unrecognised place in the multilingual culture of medieval England. From the early claim in the Chanson de Roland that Charlemagne held England as his personal domain, to the later proliferation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843846012
• ISBN13: 9781843846017
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"