Turpines Story
A Middle English Translation of the Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle
Published on 27. January 2005
Book
Hardback
170 pages
978-0-19-722325-3 (ISBN)
Description
This unique Middle English text, not previously published, of the immensely popular story of Charlemagne's Spanish wars and defeat at Roncevaux, has only recently been discovered. It is one of the earliest prose romances, pre-dating Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Artur by more than a decade. This version testifies to a distinctive British tradition of the Charlemagne story. The manuscript's history locates the text in Lancastrian and regional politics of the mid-fifteenth century.
Reviews / Votes
...a meticulously edited text, with extensive commentary * Phillipa Hardman, Notes and Queries *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen
frontispiece
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
352 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-722325-3 (9780197223253)
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