This volume presents a prose translation of the Swan Knight texts. An introduction explores the origins of the texts, sets them in the context of the Crusade Cycle as a whole and discusses their role in shaping the perception of Crusading. Notes and a full index support readers in navigating the texts.
This volume presents a prose translation of the Swan Knight texts. An introduction explores the origins of the texts, sets them in the context of the Crusade Cycle as a whole and discusses their role in shaping the perception of Crusading. Notes and a full index support readers in navigating the texts.
Carol Sweetenham holds research fellowships at the University of Warwick and at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She has published widely on crusading literature with a particular focus on Latin, Old French and Occitan sources, and produced a number of translations including the Chanson d'Antioche with Susan Edgington. She is currently working with Linda Paterson and Simon Parsons on an edition and translation of the Siège d'Antioche.
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Setting the scene 1 The historical Godfrey and his later fame 2 The sources of the Swan Knight texts 3 The manuscript tradition 4 Early references to the material in the Swan Knight texts 5 The place of the Swan Knight texts in the Cycle and the development of the Cycle 6 The afterlife of the Swan Knight Plot summaries La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne (The Birth of the Swan Knight): (i): Elioxe (ii): Béatrix Le Chevalier au Cygne (The Swan Knight) La Fin d'Elias (The Passing of Elias) Les Enfances Godefroi (The Childhood of Godfrey) Le Retour de Cornumarant (The Return of Cornumarant) Table of Names Table of Places Bibliography
Setting the scene 1 The historical Godfrey and his later fame 2 The sources of the Swan Knight texts 3 The manuscript tradition 4 Early references to the material in the Swan Knight texts 5 The place of the Swan Knight texts in the Cycle and the development of the Cycle 6 The afterlife of the Swan Knight Plot summaries La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne (The Birth of the Swan Knight): (i): Elioxe (ii): Béatrix Le Chevalier au Cygne (The Swan Knight) La Fin d'Elias (The Passing of Elias) Les Enfances Godefroi (The Childhood of Godfrey) Le Retour de Cornumarant (The Return of Cornumarant) Table of Names Table of Places Bibliography
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