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Title The chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin : Book IV of The Liber Sancti Jacobi (Codex Calixtinus) / edition and translation by Kevin R. Poole
Published New York : Italica Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Medieval & renaissance texts
Contents Introduction -- Notes on the translation -- The chronicle of pseudo-turpin -- Glossary of important people and places in the chronicle of pseudo-turpin -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary The twelfth-century Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin, also known as the History of Charlemagne and Roland, offers an ""eye-witness"" account of events during the late eighth century. It served as source material for a large number of other chronicles as well as for French chansons de geste and other forms of heroic literature, including the Song of Roland. Kevin Poole investigates the issues of fiction, legend and authorship and the relationship between the false chronicle and its wider literary tradition. He also highlights the possible connections between the work and its contemporary political an
Subject James, the Greater, Saint -- Cult -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Legends
SUBJECT Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 fast
James, the Greater, Saint fast
Roland (Legendary character) fast
Subject Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela.
Roland (Legendary character) -- Romances
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Cults
Romances
SUBJECT Santiago de Compostela (Spain) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Spain -- Santiago de Compostela
Genre/Form Legends
Form Electronic book
Author Poole, Kevin R., 1977-
ISBN 9781599102917
1599102919