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Velma Bourgeois Richmond
The Legend of Guy of Warwick

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First published in 1996. This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the legend, but Guy”s highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions, Guy”s feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France.

The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic, a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy”s legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages, a new French prose romance, a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum, and late medieval versions in Celtic, German, and Catalan, as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children”s story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant, an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions, mostly folkloric.

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Format EPUB ● Pagini 632 ● ISBN 9781000525571 ● Editura Taylor and Francis ● Publicat 2021 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 8214107 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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