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Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France

By Gabrielle M. Spiegel

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780520915565
DOI
10.1525/9780520915565
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32023779 bytes)
Series
The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics; 23
Edition
Reprint 2019
Pages
440\439
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 19:33:00

Description

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.

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