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The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts

English · Hardback

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Essays on the various manifestations of Charlemagne and his legends.

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Introduction: The Many Latin Lives of Charlemagne - William Purkis
Frankish Kingship, Political Exegesis and the Ghost of Charlemagne in the Diplomas of King Philip I of Francia - Matthew Gabriele
The Twelfth-Century Vita Karoli and the Making of a Royal Saint - Jace Stuckey
Performing Sacrality: The Liturgical Portrait of Frederick Barbarossa's Charlemagne - Sebastian Salvado
Rex Parvus or Rex Nobilis?: Charlemagne and the Politics of History (and Crusading) in Thirteenth-Century Iberia - Miguel Gomez
Charlemagne in Girona: Liturgy, Legend and the Memory of Siege - Jeffrey Doolittle
'For the Honor of the Blessed Virgin': The History and Legacy of Charles's Devotion to Mary in the Gesta Karoli Magni ad Carcassonam et Narbonam - James B. Williams
Charlemagne the Sinner: Charles the Great as Avatar of the Modern in Petrarch's Familiares 1.4 - Andrew Romig
The Quattrocento Charlemagne: Franco-Florentine Relations and the Politics of an Icon - Oren Margolis

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William J. Purkis, Matthew Gabriele

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Authors William J. Purkis
Assisted by Matthew Gabriele (Editor), William J Purkis (Editor), William J. Purkis (Editor)
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.10.2016
 
EAN 9781843844488
ISBN 978-1-84384-448-8
No. of pages 260
Dimensions 149 mm x 224 mm x 25 mm
Weight 443 g
Series Bristol Studies in Medieval Cu
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works

Frankreich, Europäische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism

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