Charlemagne & France : a thousand years of mythology / Robert Morrissey ; translated by Catherine Ti...
Charlemagne & France : a thousand years of mythology / Robert Morrissey ; translated by Catherine Ti...
Charlemagne & France : a thousand years of mythology / Robert Morrissey ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
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Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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N944.014/4
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
xxi, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Between Myth and History -- 1. The Magic of Origins -- 2. Poetic Space, Political Reflection -- 3. Rewriting History -- 4. A Call for Reality, a Need for Myth -- Pt. II. From Ubiquity to Oblivion -- 5. The National Past in the Classical Age -- 6. Saving the Monarchy, Establishing the Republic...
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Publisher
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Charlemagne's persona - derived from a blending of myth, history, and poetry - assumes a constitutional value in France, where for more than ten centuries it was deemed useful to trace national privileges and undertakings back to Charlemagne. His plasticity, Morrissey argues, endows Charlemagne with both legitimizing power and subversive potential...
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Charlemagne & France : a thousand years of mythology / Robert Morrissey ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
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Charlemagne and France.
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The Laura Shannon series in French medieval studies.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N944.014/4
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74Vvyx7DaxZM
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ISBN
0268022771 :
9780268022778
0268022771
9780268022778 :
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944.014092
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991016264489702626
