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This project begins by examining current trends in the study of medieval literature, particularly in the area of medieval literature dealing with religious conflict. Literary review demonstrates that since the late 20th century, critical examination of medieval literature has be…

Genealogy of discourse allows applying Postcolonial theory to the literary canons of the Middle Ages. Postcolonial theory provides readers and critics of these medieval texts with a new perspective. Song of Roland, The Romance of King Horn and The Man of Law’s Tales are three me…

With the discovery in 1912 of a poem about Roland, written in Occitan, a new element was added to the corpus of Rolandian literature. However, the poem was copied on a manuscript dated 1398, making it more than 250 years older than the Digby 23 version of the The Song of Roland.…