Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century FranceIn 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. 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 |
Contents
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The Historical Setting | 11 |
PseudoTurpin and the Problem of Prose | 55 |
Past Politics and the Politics of the Past Ancient History I | 99 |
The Question of the Heroic in Translations of Lucans Pharsalia Ancient History II | 152 |
Contemporary Chronicles The Contest over the Past | 214 |
Royal History Disengagement and Reconciliation | 269 |
Epilogue | 315 |
The Continuation of Aimoin and the Sources of the Anonymous of ChantillyVatican | 321 |
Notes | 325 |
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Aimoin Alsace ancient history Anonymous of Béthune Anonymous's aristocracy Artois authority autres avoit Baldwin barons battle battle of Bouvines Béthune bien Bouvines Caesar Capetian ceste Chanson chansons de geste Chantilly Charlemagne chevalier chivalric Chronique des rois contemporary count of Flanders courtly culture Drappés ducs de Normandie epic estoit Faits des Romains feudal Flemish française French aristocracy Gallic Gaul Grandes chroniques Hainaut heroic Histoire des ducs historiography honor Hystore de Jules Ibid ideology Jean de Thuin Jules César king's knights Latin source literary livres lord Louis Louis VII Lucan's manuscript Michel monarchy moral narrative noble Old French omitted omitted omitted oral Paris past Pharsalia Philip Augustus Philippe of Alsace Philippide political Pompey prowess Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle qu'il realm Renaud Rigord rois de France Roman Rome royal Saint Saint-Denis Saint-Omer social terre thirteenth century Thuin tion translation Turpin Vercingetorix Vermandois vernacular historiography vernacular prose verse Walpole