A Discourse for the Holy Grail in Old French Romance

Ben Ramm

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 2
• Why should a supposedly Biblical relic lay down its literary roots in medieval French literature? The Holy Grail made its first literary appearance in... Lees meer

The Face and Faciality in Medieval French Literature, 1170-1390

Alice Hazard

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 45
• Modern theoretical approaches throw new light on the concepts of face and faciality in the Roman de la Rose and other French texts from the Middle Age... Lees meer

Sacred Fictions of Medieval France

Maureen Boulton

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 38
• A study of the immensely popular "lives" of Christ and the Virgin in medieval France. The story of the life of Christ and his mother was told in many ... Lees meer

Marco Polo's Le Devisement Du Monde

Simon Gaunt

• Paperback | Engels | Gallica | nr. 31
• The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Le Devisement du Monde (1298), bette... Lees meer

Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 29
• An examination of medieval historican writings through the prism of violence. The concept of medieval historiography as "usable past" is here challeng... Lees meer

Partonopeus de Blois: Romance in the Making

Penny Eley

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 21
• First book-length treatment of a fascinating medieval French romance, underlining its influence in the genre. Partonopeus de Blois is one of the most ... Lees meer

Unsettling Montaigne

Elizabeth Guild

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 34
• Striking new readings of Montaigne's works, focussing on such concepts as scepticism and tolerance. Montaigne's Essais (1580-1592) are one of the most... Lees meer

Old French Narrative Cycles

Luke Sunderland

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 15
• Detailed readings of four major medieval cycles. This is a study of four colossal medieval works - the Cycle de Guillaume d'Orange, the Vulgate Cycle,... Lees meer

Fashion in Medieval France

Sarah-Grace Heller

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 3
• Twelfth- and thirteenth-century medieval French texts reveal the presence of a developed fashion system long before the previously accepted birth of W... Lees meer

Marco Polo's Le Devisement Du Monde

Simon Gaunt

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 31
• The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Le Devisement du Monde (1298), bette... Lees meer

Miraculous Rhymes

Tony Hunt

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 8
• The first published general study of an unduly neglected writer whose stylistic legacy remains unique in the Middle Ages. The well-connected, northern... Lees meer

Chartier in Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 11
• The significance of the works of Alain Chartier in the development of European literature. Chartier in Europe is the first sustained enquiry into the ... Lees meer

Thinking Through Chrétien de Troyes

Zrinka Stahuljak, Virginie Greene Sarah Kay, Sharon Kinoshita and Peggy McCracken

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 19
• An exciting reassessment of the works of Chrétien, making use of modern critical theory to test orthodox opinion. This co-written, multi-stranded book... Lees meer

Rewriting Arthurian Romance in Renaissance France

Jane H M Taylor

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 33
• First comprehensive examination of the ways in which printers, publishers and booksellers adapted and rewrote Arthurian romance in early modern France... Lees meer

Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France

Julie Singer

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 43
• An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobiled, in textual reactions to the madness of Charles VI of Fra... Lees meer

The Medieval Warrior Aristocracy

Andrew Cowell

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 6
• A major reconsideration of the relationship between warrior aristocrats, epics, and heroes in medieval culture. The process of identity formation duri... Lees meer

De kinderen van de weduwe

Henri Loevenbruck

• E-book | Nederlands | Gallica
• Henri Loevenbruck, Gallica 3 - De Kinderen van de Weduwe Heel lang geleden en hier ver vandaan... In het jaar 1154 worden de mensen in Gallica, het ou... Lees meer

Anne de Graville and Women's Literary Networks in Early Modern France

Elizabeth L'Estrange

• Hardcover | Frans | Gallica | nr. 49
• First detailed reconstruction of Anne de Graville's library, establishing her as one of the most well-read and erudite poets of the period. WINNER: 20... Lees meer

Medieval Saints' Lives

Emma Campbell

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 12
• The significance of Old French hagiography in current theoretical debates in medieval studies and the humanities. Contending that the study of hagiogr... Lees meer

Telling the Story in the Middle Ages

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 36
• New examinations of the role storytelling played in medieval life. The storyteller stands at the crossroads of orality and performance, surrounded by ... Lees meer

De stem van de nevels

Henri Loevenbruck

• E-book | Nederlands | Gallica
• Henri Loevenbruck Gallica 2 - De Stem van de Nevels Er was eens... Heel lang geleden... ... in het land Gallica, het legendarische Frankrijk van lang ... Lees meer

Christine de Pizan's Changing Opinion

Douglas Kelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 4
• Christine de Pizan's lifelong quest for certainty. Christine de Pizan's Changing Opinion examines the evolution of Christine's thought on true and fal... Lees meer

Marie de France: A Critical Companion

Sharon Kinoshita, Peggy McCracken

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 24
• This new companion to the works of Marie de France offers fresh insights into the standard critical debates. Marie de France is the author of some of ... Lees meer

Blindness and Therapy in Late Medieval French and Italian Poetry

Julie Singer

• Hardcover | Engels | Gallica | nr. 20
• An examination of the ways in which late medieval lyric poetry can be seen to engage with contemporary medical theory. This book argues that late medi... Lees meer