"This book offers new insights into the rich and varied Dutch literature of the Middle Ages. Sixteen essays written by top scholars consider this literature in the context of the social, historical and cultural developments of the period in which it took shape. The collection includes studies of the most representative authors, genres and works of the time. A comparative chronological survey provides an overview of the main cultural, his ..."
"The histories of chronicles composed in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and onwards, with a focus on texts belonging to or engaging with the Prose Brut tradition, are the focus of this volume. The contributors examine the composition, dissemination and reception of historical texts written in Anglo-Norman, Latin and English, including the Prose Brut chronicle (c. 1300 and later), Castleford's Chronicle (c. 1327), a ..."
17(1st Edition) Arthurian Literature XVII: Originality and Tradition in the Middle Dutch Roman van Walewein by Keith Busby, Bart Besamusca, ErikKooper, Erik Simon Kooper Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 1999 by D.S.Brewer ISBN-13: 978-0-85991-546-5, ISBN: 0-85991-546-8
"This new volume of Arthurian Literature, the first under its new editor Keith Busby, is devoted to the 'Roman van Walewein' (The Romance of Walewein [Gawain]) by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert, an undisputed gem of Middle Dutch literature which has recently become accessible to an English-speaking audience through translation. Essentially a fairy-tale written into Arthurian romance, it presents a Gawain quite different to the man found in ..."
Sentimental and Humorous Romances Floris and Blancheflour, Sir Degrevant, The Squire of Low Degree, The Tournament of Tottenham, and The Feast of Tottenham (Middle English Texts) by Dr ErikKooper, EricKooper Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2006 by Medieval Institute Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-58044-103-2, ISBN: 1-58044-103-3
"This volume presents a unique collection of Middle English romances, each with a different view of society. One of the oldest English romances, Floris and Blancheflour, presents a tale of oriental wonders: a harem, an emir who never lacks a wife, eunuchs, and a garden housing a magical tree and spring. Sir Degrevant relates a tale of country nobility and marriage between the low and high ranks, while realistically illustrating their sta ..."
"This 1994 book offers insights into the rich and varied Dutch literature of the Middle Ages. Sixteen essays written by top scholars consider this literature in the context of the social, historical and cultural developments of the period in which it took shape. The collection includes studies of the most representative authors, genres, works and current fields of research interest, ranging from the court and the city, the world of chiva ..."
"Volume 4 is undoubtedly one of the most needed volumes in the series, there being no other English language work available covering this group of moths, and it has already been acclaimed as one of the finest. Part 1 contains the special chapter, followed by the Systematic accounts of the Oecophoridae and eight smaller families - a total of 147 species. Part 2 comprises the Gelechiidae - 162 species. There are genitalia drawings for both ..."
"There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were ..."
"Malalas has the credit for being the author of the earliest Byzantine world
chronicle to survive. But the title of the work, loudly given as Chronographia on
the cover and title page of the only modern edition and likewise as The Chronicle
(in smaller type) on the spine of the only translation (for which I bear joint
responsibility) is far from clear. When I began I ... Instead it has enkyklion, the
meaning of which is not entirely ..."
"There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were ..."
Courtly Literature Culture and Context. Proceedings of the 5th triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, Dalfsen, The ... in General and Comparative Literature) by Keith Busby, ErikKooper, And ErikKooper Hardcover, 637 Pages, Published 1990 by John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-90-272-2211-4, ISBN: 90-272-2211-8
"The International Courtly Literature Society aims to promote the study of courtly literature, primarily, but not exclusively, of medieval Europe. The 45 articles selected here from the papers presented at the 5th Congress center around three themes: rhetoric and courtly literature, the audience of courtly literature, and courtly literature in a comparative perspective. There are contributions by specialists in Old French Literature on s ..."
"There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiguity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, and for what purpose were ..."
"There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were ..."
The Medieval Chronicle III Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle Doorn/Utrecht 12-17 July 2002 (English and French Edition) by ErikKooper, Erik Simon Kooper Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2005 by Rodopi ISBN-13: 978-90-420-1834-1, ISBN: 90-420-1834-8
"In the summer of 2002 the third international conference on the medieval chronicle was held, again in the vicinity of Utrecht, the Netherlands. There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of an international conference. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also i ..."
"Erik Kooper, Sjoerd Levelt. De la fu li contes estrez, Don cest romanz fist
Crestiiens. Li livres est moût anciiens, Qui tesmoingne l'estoire a voire; Por ce fet
ele miauz a croire. (Cligès 18-26) La translatio faisait donc de l'écrivain médiéval
un janus bifrons, ... Tout en donnant aux écrivains une certaine marge de liberté,
la translatio leur évitait d'être accusés, comme l'évêque Amalarius de Metz par
Florus de Lyon au IXe siè ..."