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Medieval French Interlocutions : Shifting Perspectives on a Language in Contact / edited by Thomas O'Donnell, Jane Gilbert and Brian J. Reilly

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Woodbridge, Suffolk : York Medieval Press, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (370 pages)
Additional Creators
O'Donnell, Thomas (Medievalist), Gilbert, Jane, 1964-, Reilly, Brian J., Besamusca, Bart, Léglu, Catherine, Pascual-Argente, Clara, Shawcross, Clare Teresa Monica, Henley, Georgia, Lévy, Isabelle, 1960-, and Mallette, Karla
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Contents
Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Old French Glosses in Berekhiah Ha-Naqdan's Uncle and Nephew and Commentary on the Book of Job -- 2. Wonder and the Translation of Knowledge Before and After the Crusader Conquest of Constantinople -- 3. Mixed Metaphors, Mixed Forms: Across Medieval Hebrew and French Prosimetra -- 4. Deeds and Dialogue from a French-Irish Medieval Cultural Sphere -- 5. The Presence of French in German Courtly Literature c.1200 and 6. Marco Polo and the Multilingual Middle Ages -- 7. Romancing Allegory: Theories of the Vernacular in Outremer -- 8. The Circulation of Francophone Matter of Antiquity in Medieval Castile (c.1200-1369) -- 9. The Debate of the Body and the Soul in late-medieval French and Occitan poetry -- 10. The Uses of French in Medieval Wales -- 11. Multilingual Literary Patronage of the Flemish Nobility in the Fifteenth Century -- 12 Sicilian Multilingualism and Cosmopolitan French -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Specialists in other languages offer perspectives on the widespread use of French in a range of contexts, from German courtly narratives to biblical exegesis in Hebrew.
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ISBN
9781805433187 electronic book
1805433180 electronic book
9781805433194 (electronic bk.)
1805433199 (electronic bk.)
9781914049149
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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