Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Epic Revisions 1: "Pagans are Wrong and Christians are Right": From Parias to Crusade in the Chanson De Roland 2: The Politics of Courtly Love: La Prise D' Orange and the Conversion of the Saracen Queen Part II: Romances of Assimilation 3: "In The Beginning Was the Road": Floire et Blancheflor in the Medieval Mediterranean 4: Colonial Possessions: Wales and the Anglo-Norman Imaginary in the Lais of Marie de France Part III: Crisis and Change in the Thirteenth Century 5: Brave New Worlds: Robert de Clari's La Conquête de Constantinople 6: The Romance of Miscegenation: Negotiating Identities in la Fille du Comte de Pontieu 7: Uncivil Wars: Imagining Community in la Chanson de la Croisade Albigeoise Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments