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Title Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic worlds / edited by Helen Fulton and Sif Rikhardsdottir
Published Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures ; v.10
Bristol studies in medieval cultures ; v.10.
Contents Introduction: Transmission of Charlemagne in Scandinavia, Wales, and Ireland / Helen Fulton, Sif Rikhardsdottir -- 1. Transmission, translation, and manuscript history / Susanne Kramarz-Bein -- 2. The cultural and ideological function of Charlemagne / Massimiliano Bampi -- 3. The Norse Roland in context / Sif Rikhardsdottir -- 4. The impact of Charlemagne on the native literary tradition in the North / Claudia Bornholdt, Jon Paul Heyne -- 5. Unger's Karlamagnús saga: A modern composition? / Helene Tetrel -- 6. Charlemagne in Ireland: Manuscripts and audiences / Aisling Byrne -- 7. Irish Charlemagne texts: Narratives, poems, and genealogies / Erich Poppe -- 8. Translating Charlemagne for Welsh audiences / Luciana Cordo Russo -- 9. The reception of the French Charlemagne epic in medieval Wales / Annalee C. Rejhon -- 10. Charlemagne in Wales: Imperialism in medieval Welsh poetry / Helen Fulton
Summary "Captured here for the first time is the richness of the Charlemagne tradition in medieval Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Wales and Ireland and its coherence as a series of adaptations of Old French chansons de geste. The reception of the Charlemagne legends among Nordic and Celtic communities in the Middle Ages is a shared story of transmission, translation, an exploration of national identity, and the celebration of imperialism. The articles brought together here capture for the first time the richness of the Charlemagne tradition in medieval Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Wales and Ireland and its coherence as a series of adaptations of Old French chansons de geste."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Helen Fulton is Chair of Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland
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Subject Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Legends -- History and criticism
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- In literature
SUBJECT Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 fast
Subject Mythology, Norse -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
Celtic literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Comparative literature.
Mythology, Norse
Legends
Celtic literature
Comparative literature
Literature
Literature, Medieval
Genre/Form Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
Author Fulton, Helen, 1952- editor.
Sif Ríkharðsdóttir, editor.
Kramarz-Bein, Susanne, 1959- author.
Bampi, Massimiliano, author.
Bornholdt, Claudia, author.
Heyne, Jon Paul, author
Tétrel, Hélène, author.
Byrne, Aisling (Aisling Nora), author.
Poppe, Erich, author.
Cordo Russo, Luciana, author.
ISBN 180010863X
9781800108646
1800108648
9781800108639