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The Medieval Romance of Alexander - The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great (Paperback)
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The Medieval Romance of Alexander - The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great (Paperback)
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Nigel Bryant's is the first translation of an example of the many
medieval romances about Alexander, as popular in their day as those
about Arthur. The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the
medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne.
His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any
work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander
Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel Bryant's
is the first translation into English. The Deeds and Conquests of
Alexander the Great is Jehan Wauquelin's superb compendium, written
for the Burgundian court in the mid-fifteenth century, which draws
together all the key elements of the Alexandrian tradition.With
great clarity and intelligence Wauquelin produced a redaction of
all the major Alexander romances ofthe twelfth, thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries - including the verse Roman d'Alexandre, The
Vows of the Peacock and La Venjance Alixandre - to tell the whole
story of Alexander's miraculous birth and childhood, hisconquests
of Persia and India, his battles with fabulous beasts and
outlandish peoples, his journeys in the sky and under the sea, his
poisoning at Babylon and the vengeance taken by his son. This is an
accomplished and exciting work by a notable writer at the
Burgundian court who perfectly understood the appeal of the great
conqueror to ambitious dukes intent upon extending their dominions.
NIGEL BRYANT has translated five major Arthurianromances from
medieval French, including Perceforest in which Alexander features
prominently. He has also translated the fourteenth-century
chronicles of Jean le Bel.
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