Free Download Gustav A. Beckmann, "Onomastics of the "Chanson de Roland": Or: Why Gaston Paris and Joseph Bédier were both right"
English | ISBN: 3110745909 | 2023 | 1200 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 12 MB
This ambitious study of all proper names in the Chanson de Roland is based for the first time on a systematic survey of the whole geographical and historical literature from antiquity to after 1100 for the Geographica, and on working through (almost) the entire documentary tradition of France and its neighbouring regions from 778 to the early 12th century for the personal names. The overall result is clear: the surviving song is more tightly and profoundly structured, even in smaller scenes, than generally assumed, it is also richer in depicting reality, and it has a very long prehistory, which can be traced in outline, albeit with decreasing certainty, (almost) back to the Frankish defeat of 778.