Cligès

by Chrétien de Troyes; Translated by Burton Raffel; Afterword by Joseph J. Duggan

• ISBN13: 9780300070217
• ISBN10: 0300070217
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-07-21
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era. In a unique overview of modern historiography, the book includes surveys on the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment; Romanticism; the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought; the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World; theAnnalesschool in France; and the effects of the repression and exile of the inter-war years and the Post-War 'moods.'Modern Historiographyprovides a clear and concise account of this modern period of historical writing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Cliges
Prologue	p. 1
King Arthur's Court	p. 2
Love Laments	p. 13
England and Knighthood	p. 31
The Siege of Windsor	p. 36
Alexander's Wedding	p. 65
The Birth of Cliges	p. 69
Alexander's Settlement	p. 71
A German Marriage	p. 77
The Cologne Tournament	p. 83
Thessala's Sorcery	p. 87
Alis's Wedding	p. 94
Fenice's Abduction and Return	p. 99
Cliges Departs for Britain	p. 123
The Wallingford Tournament	p. 133
Cliges Returns to Greece	p. 147
Avowal and Plans	p. 150
The Empress's Illness	p. 164
The Tower	p. 179
Notes	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 209
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