Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on translations
- Introduction: Latin Arthurian narrative and the Angevin court
- 1 “The Anger of Saturn shall fall”: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie and the limits of history
- 2 “This is that Arthur”: chronicle responses to Arthur
- 3 “Are you the only uncivilized knight produced by sweet Britain?”: Arthurian episodes and knightly conduct
- 4 “Understanding the thing as it is”: De Ortu Waluuanii and the challenge of interpretation
- 5 “Dies fantastica”: the Historia Meriadoci and the adventure of the text
- 6 “When I have done you will be little the wiser”: Arthur and Gorlagon, Vita Merlini, and parody
- Conclusion: “A wise man may enjoy leisure”: The place of Latin Arthurian literature
- List of works cited
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on translations
- Introduction: Latin Arthurian narrative and the Angevin court
- 1 “The Anger of Saturn shall fall”: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie and the limits of history
- 2 “This is that Arthur”: chronicle responses to Arthur
- 3 “Are you the only uncivilized knight produced by sweet Britain?”: Arthurian episodes and knightly conduct
- 4 “Understanding the thing as it is”: De Ortu Waluuanii and the challenge of interpretation
- 5 “Dies fantastica”: the Historia Meriadoci and the adventure of the text
- 6 “When I have done you will be little the wiser”: Arthur and Gorlagon, Vita Merlini, and parody
- Conclusion: “A wise man may enjoy leisure”: The place of Latin Arthurian literature
- List of works cited
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
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- Arthurian Narrative in the Latin Tradition , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998