Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic Worlds

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Edited by Helen Fulton, University of Bristol, Sif Rikhardsdottir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: June 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781800108639
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800108639

Subjects:: Literature, European and World Literature: General Interest
Series:: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures

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Captured here for the first time is the richness of the Charlemagne tradition in medieval Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Wales and Ireland and its coherence as a series of adaptations of Old French chansons de geste.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Maps and Figures
pp vii-vii

List of Contributors
pp viii-ix

General Preface: Charlemagne: A European Icon
pp x-xi

Acknowledgements
pp xii-xii

Map
pp xiii-xvi

Introduction: Transmission of Charlemagne in Scandinavia, Wales, and Ireland
pp 1-14

Part I - The Norse Charlemagne
pp 15-16

1 - Transmission, Translation, and Manuscript History
pp 17-30

2 - The Cultural and Ideological Function of Charlemagne
pp 31-49

3 - The Norse Roland in Context
pp 50-65

4 - The Impact of Charlemagne on the Native Literary Tradition in the North
pp 66-90

5 - Unger’s Karlamagnús saga: A Modern Composition?
pp 91-110

Part II - The Celtic Charlemagne
pp 111-112

6 - Charlemagne in Ireland: Manuscripts and Audiences
pp 113-131

7 - Irish Charlemagne Texts: Narratives, Poems, and Genealogies
pp 132-149

8 - Translating Charlemagne for Welsh Audiences: The Case of Rhamant Otuel
pp 150-171

9 - The Reception of the French Charlemagne Epic in Medieval Wales: The Case of Cân Rolant and Pererindod Chiarlymaen
pp 172-192

10 - Charlemagne in Wales: Imperialism in Medieval Welsh Poetry
pp 193-218

Bibliography
pp 219-246

Index
pp 247-260

Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
pp 261-262

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