Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance

270 Pages·2013·7.227 MB·English

by  Alex Mueller

InterventIons: new studIes In MedIeval Culture
ethan Knapp, series editor
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Translating Troy
ProvInCIal PolItICs In
allIteratIve r oManCe
Alex Mueller
the ohIo state unIversIty Press
ColuMbus
Copyright © 2013 by The Ohio State University.
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mueller, Alex, 1973 –
Translating Troy : provincial politics in alliterative romance / Alex Mueller.
p. cm. — (Interventions : new studies in medieval culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-1221-9 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8142-1221-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-9322-5 (cd)
1. English literature —Middle English, 1100 –1500 —History and criticism. 2. Trojans in litera-
ture. 3. Troy (Extinct city) —In literature. 4. Romances, English. I. Title. II. Series: Interventions
: new studies in medieval culture.
PR275.T74M84 2013
820.9'001 —dc23
2012037640
Cover design by Laurence J. Nozik
Type set in Adobe Minion Pro
Text design by Juliet Williams
Printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American Na-
tional Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.
ANSI 39.48–1992.
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For Tiffany
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
IntroduCtIon
Translating Destruction into Alliterative Romance 1
one
Genealogy: Trojan Historiography in England 19
two
War: Reviving Troy 40
three
Violence: The Corporeal Terror of the Roman Empire 81
Four
Heraldry: Arthur’s Roman Dragon 124
FIve
Territory: The Trojan Provinces of Britain 167
ConClusIon
Alliterating England 206
Works Cited 229
Index 246
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IllustratIons
FIgure 1
Glasgow University Library, Hunterian MS V.2.8 [Destruction of Troy],
f. 1a. Table of Contents. Reproduced by permission of Glasgow University
Library, Special Collections 13
FIgure 2
Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex Admontensis 185 [Guido delle
Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae], f. 3b. Reproduced by permission
of Admont Stiftsbibilothek 48
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