Isbn: 9789042008342 - medieval chronicle ii: proceedings of the 2nd international conference on the medieval chronicle. driebergen/utrecht 16-21 july 1999 (costerus new, band 144) (3 Ergebnisse)

Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: [iv], 280pp., 20 contributions, list of contributors, footnotes, bibliographical notes, index. Contributors: David Dumville - Michael Agnew - Brigitte Burrichter - Xavier Dector - Henk Dragstra - Olivier Ellena - Isabelle Guyot Bachy - Reinhard Härtel - Joachim Knape - Sjoerd Levelt - Purificación Martinez - Giedré Mickünaité - Jennifer Neville - Peter Noble - Gerrit J. Reinink - Francesco Salvestrini - Georg Scheibelreiter - Ralf Schlechtweg Jahn - Huguette Taviani Carozzi - Iliana Tschekova - John Ward. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 144: Costerus New Series. [Volume 2: The Medieval Cronicle]. …

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorErik Kooper is Senior Lecturer in Medieval English in the Departments of English and of Medieval Studies at Utrecht University. He has published widely on Middle English literature, both in English and in Dutch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After the success of the first international conference on the medieval chronicle, it was decided that another would be in place. It was held in the summer of 1999, and again drew some 150 participants. 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 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 they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. Like its predecessor this volume of conference papers aims to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds. They are introduced by the opening address by David Dumville, on the question What is a chronicle.…