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

ISBN:

9780520915565

9780585231198

9780520077102

Title:

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

Author:

Spiegel, Gabrielle M.

Personal Author:

Spiegel, Gabrielle M.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 422 pages) : illustrations, map.

Series:

The New historicism ; 23

General Note:

"A Centennial book"--Page [iii].

Contents:

The historical setting -- Pseudo-turpin and the problem of prose -- Past politics and the politics of the past: ancient history I -- The question of the heroic in translations of Lucan's Pharsalia: ancient history II -- Contemporary chronicles: the contest over the past -- Royal history: disengagement and reconciliation -- Appendix: The continuation of Aimoin and the sources of the anonymous of Chantilly/Vatican.

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Subject Term:

French prose literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.

French prose literature -- Roman influences.

Romances -- History and criticism.

Literature and history.

Historiography -- France.

Historiography -- Rome.

Geographic Term:

France -- History -- Medieval period, 987-1515 -- Historiography.

France -- History -- To 987 -- Historiography.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1993

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Summary

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.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.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

Author Notes

Spiegel Gabrielle M. :

Gabrielle M. Spiegel is Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Chronicle Tradition of Saint-Denis (1978).