Godefroi de Buillon: Volume X of the Old French Crusade Cycle

379 Pages·1996·0.95 MB·French

by  Jan Boyd Roberts

Godefroi de Buillon Old French Crusade
title:
cycle ; v. 10
author: Roberts, Jan Boyd.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817308555
print isbn13: 9780817308551
ebook isbn13: 9780585165431
language: French
Godfrey,--of Bouillon,--ca. 1060-1100--
subject Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099--
Fiction.
publication date: 1996
lcc: PQ1463 1996eb
ddc: 843/.1
Godfrey,--of Bouillon,--ca. 1060-1100--
Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099--
Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099--
subject:
Fiction.
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The Old French Crusade Cycle
Volume X Godefroi de Buillon
Edited by
Jan Boyd Roberts
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa and London
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Copyright © 1996
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-
1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Godefroi de Bouillon
Godefroi de Buillon / edited by Jan Boyd Roberts.
p. cm. -- (The Old French Crusade cycle ; v. 10)
Text in Old French with critical matter in English.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8173-0855-5 (alk. paper)
1. Godfrey, of Bouillon, ca. 1060-1100--Fiction. 2. Crusades--
First, 1096-1099--Fiction. I. Roberts, Jan Boyd. II. Title.
III. Series.
PQ1463.G86 1996
843'.1--dc20 95-264456
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Available
Page v
Contents
Acknowledgements vi
Plan of Publication vii
Abbreviations viii
Introduction
I. The Old French Crusade Cycle ix
II. The Manuscript ix
III. Summary of the Narrative xii
IV. The Historical Element xiii
V. The Language of the Text xvii
VI. The Date of Godefroi de Buillon xxii
VII. The Origin of the Scribe of Godefroi de Buillon xxiii
VIII. Editorial Policy xxiv
Selective Bibliography xxv
Godefroi de Buillon
La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne 1
Le Chevalier au Cygne 7
Les Enfances Godefroi 17
La Chanson d'Antioche 31
Les Chétifs 63
La Chanson de Jérusalem 79
Index of Proper Names 109
Glossary 135
Page vi
Acknowledgments
I am deeply indebted to Professors Jan A. Nelson and Emanuel J.
Mickel for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this
edition.
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Plan of Publication
The Old French Crusade Cycle, when published in its entirety, will
comprise ten volumes:
Vol. La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne
I Elioxe, ed. Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr.
Beatrix, ed. Jan A. Nelson (1977)
Vol. Le Chevalier au Cygne and La Fin d'Elias, ed. Jan A.
II Nelson (1985)
Vol. Les Enfances Godefroi, ed. Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr.
III
Vol. La Chanson d'Antioche, ed. Jan A. Nelson
IV
Vol. Les Chétifs, ed. Geoffrey M. Myers (1980)
V
Vol. La Chanson de Jérusalem, ed. Nigel R. Thorp (1992)
VI
Vol. The Jérusalem Continuations
VII Part I: La Chrétienté Corbaran, ed. Peter R. Grillo
(1984)
Part II: La Prise d'Acre, La Mort Godefroi, and La
Chanson des Rois Baudouin, ed. Peter R. Grillo
(1987)
Vol. The Jérusalem Continuations: The London and Turin
VIII Redactions, ed. Peter R. Grillo (1994)
Vol. La Geste du Chevalier au Cygne, ed. Edmond A.
IX Emplaincourt
Vol. Godefroi de Buillon, ed. Jan Boyd Roberts (1995)
X
"The Manuscripts of the Old French Crusade Cycle" by Geoffrey M.
Myers, included in Volume I, is intended, with some future
elaboration, to serve the entire series.
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Abbreviations
The following is a list of the abbreviations of the titles for the various
branches or major episodes of the OFCC accepted as standard by all
now associated with the series:
OFCC Old French Crusade Cycle
NChCyNaissance du Chevalier au Cygne
El Elioxe
Bt Beatrix
ChCy Chevalier au Cygne
FE Fin d'Elias
EG Enfances Godefroi
Ant Chanson d'Antioche
Cht Chétifs
Jér Chanson (or Conquête) de Jérusalem
CCor Chrétienté Corbaran
PA Prise d'Acre
MG Mort Godefroi
RB Chanson des Rois Baudouin
Cont Jér Continuations in E, G, and I
Cont2 Jér Continuations in I (fols. 166281)
and T