The song of Bertrand du Guesclin:
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Beteilige Person: Cuvelier, Jean -1384 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Bryant, Nigel 1953- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2019
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Abstract:Bertrand du Guesclin is one of the great French heroes of the Hundred Years War, his story every bit as remarkable as Joan of Arc's. The son of a minor Breton noble, he rose in the 1360s and '70s to become the Constable of France - a supreme military position, outranking even the princes of the blood royal. Through campaigns ranging from Brittany to Castile he achieved not only fame as a pre-eminent leader of Charles V's armies, but a dukedom in Spain, burial among the kings of France in the royal basilica at Saint-Denis, and recognition as nothing less than the 'Tenth Worthy', being ranked alongside the nine paragons of chivalry who included Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne and King Arthur. His is a truly spectacular story. And the image of Bertrand, and many of the key events in his extraordinary life, are essentially derived from 'The Song of Bertrand du Guesclin', this epic poem by Cuvelier. Written in the verse-form and manner of a chanson de geste, it is the very last of the Old French epics and an outstanding example of the roman chevaleresque. It is a fascinating and major primary source for historians of chivalry and of a critical period in the Hundred Years War. This is its first translation into English
Umfang:432 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781783272273
1783272279