The Medieval Romance of Alexander: The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great

by Nigel Bryant, Jean Waquelin, Jehan Wauquelin

Nigel Bryant's is the first translation of an example of the many medieval romances about Alexander, as popular in their day as those about Arthur.

The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne. His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843845202
• ISBN13: 9781843845201
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"