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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495874103321

Autore

Spiegel Gabrielle M.

Titolo

Romancing the past : the rise of vernacular prose historiography in thirteenth-century France / / Gabrielle M. Spiegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1993]

©1993

ISBN

0-520-91556-9

0-585-23119-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 422 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics ; ; 23

Disciplina

848.10809

Soggetti

French prose literature - Roman influences

French prose literature - To 1500 - History and criticism

Historiography - France

Romances - History and criticism

France History Medieval period, 987-1515 Historiography

France History To 987 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Centennial book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Setting -- 2. Pseudo-Turpin and the Problem of Prose -- 3. Past Politics and the Politics of the Past: Ancient History I -- 4. The Question of the Heroic in Translations of Lucan's Pharsalia: Ancient History II -- 5. Contemporary Chronicles: The Contest over the Past -- 6. Royal History: Disengagement and Reconciliation -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX. The Continuation of Aimoin and the Sources of the Anonymous of Chantilly/Vatican -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.