Frontcover; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Individual Characters; 1. Turnus; 2. Alexander the Great; 3. Hengist; 4. Harold Godwineson; 5. Mordred; 6. Merlin; 7. Gawain; 8. Gamelyn; 9. Ralph the Collier; 10. The Anti-heroic Heart; Part II: Character-Types; 11. Crusaders; 12. Saracens; 13. Ungallant Knights; 14. Sons of Devils; Index; Backcover
Summary
Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance
