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The Anglo-Latin Gesta Romanorum (Hardcover)
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The Anglo-Latin Gesta Romanorum (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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This volume presents, for the first time, an edition and facing
English translation of all of the stories that belong to the
Anglo-Latin corpus of the immensely popular and influential
collection of moralized stories from the Middle Ages, known as
Gesta Romanorum ('The Deeds of the Romans'). The Anglo-Latin branch
of the Gesta is of particular interest and importance as it is the
source of the Middle English versions of the stories as well as the
earliest English printed version, and includes stories that are
either not found in continental Gesta collections or that differ
significantly from the continental versions. Oxford, Bodleian
Library, Douce 310 has been chosen as the base manuscript for the
edition and has been collated with seven other Anglo-Latin
manuscripts in order to illustrate the nature and degree of textual
variation that is a feature of the Anglo-Latin Gesta tradition, and
to facilitate comparison between the Anglo-Latin versions of the
stories and the Middle English and Early Modern English versions.
An edited text and translation of the stories that do not form part
of the collection in Douce 310, some of which are found in only one
or two manuscripts, have also been provided. In addition, the
volume includes notes that identify the sources, analogues, and
folktale motifs of the stories and that explain key literary,
cultural, and linguistic features, and an introduction that
provides an overview of the history and significance of the Gesta
and a detailed account of the Anglo-Latin tradition.
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