This book explores the multiplicity of ways in which the Charlemagne legend was recorded in Latin texts of the central and later Middle Ages, moving beyond some of the earlier canonical "raw materials", such as Einhard's <I>Vita Karoli Magni</I>, to focus on productions of the e…
This book explores the multiplicity of ways in which the Charlemagne legend was recorded in Latin texts of the central and later Middle Ages, moving beyond some of the earlier canonical "raw materials," such as Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, to focus on productions of the eleventh…
Fierabras and Floripas tells the tale of two Saracen siblings who join forces with Charlemagne and his Peers. It was the most popular French epic tale in medieval England, not excluding the Song of Roland. Its expansive narrative explores both the limits of epic battle descripti…
