Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France

Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France

Regular price
$36.95
Sale price
$36.95
Regular price
$36.95
OUT OF STOCK
Unit price
per 
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Author/Contributor(s): Spiegel, Gabrielle M
Publisher: University of California Press
Date: 02/10/1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.