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

by Phillipa Hardman, Marianne Ailes, Professor Marianne Ailes

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 of Middle English romances of Charlemagne, the materials are woven into the insular political and cultural imagination. However, unlike the wide range of continental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844729
• ISBN13: 9781843844723
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"