Heroines of the French Epic: A Second Selection of Chansons de Geste (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781843843610)

Six translations of chansons de geste in which women play a large part, often as the central figure, most of which have never previously been translated into English. They are important evidence for the changing attitudes to women during the twelfth and early thirteenth century, and are a prologue to the emergence of the courtly romances at the end of this period.

Author: Michael A. Newth
ISBN-10: 1843843617
ISBN-13: 9781843843610
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2014
Pages: 434
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2014