The medieval chronicle V:
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Corporate Author: International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle < 2005, Reading, England> (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Rodopi 2008
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Item Description:"The majority of the papers ... were originally read at the 4th International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle (Reading, 2005)"--Pref
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There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (225 p.)
ISBN:1435631773
9042023546
9781435631779
9789042023543

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