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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961914203321

Titolo

The Medieval chronicle . VII / / guest editors, Juliana Dresvina, Nicholas Sparks ; general editor, Erik Kooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12329-0

9786613123299

94-012-0041-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Medieval chronicle ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

DresvinaJuliana

SparksNicholas

KooperErik

Disciplina

809.02

Soggetti

Middle Ages - Historiography

Civilization, Medieval

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes, in part, select "papers presented at the first Cambridge International Chronicle Symposium on 11-13 July 2008".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. The yearbook" The Medieval Chronicle" aims to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds. "The Medieval Chronicle" is published in



cooperation with the "Medieval Chronicle Society."