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Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature
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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
PART I. EPIC REVISIONS
1. “Pagans Are Wrong and Christians Are Right”
2. The Politics of Courtly Love
PART II. ROMANCES OF ASSIMILATION
3. “In the Beginning Was the Road”
4. Colonial Possessions
PART III. CRISIS AND CHANGE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
Introduction
5. Brave New Worlds
6. The Romance of MiscegeNation
7. Uncivil Wars
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

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Medieval Boundaries

THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES Ruth Mazo Karras, Series Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor

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Medieval Boundaries Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature

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