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Record Number:
1669
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Tolhurst , Fiona.
Contributor(s):
Title:
What Ever Happened to Eleanor? Reflections of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Wace's "Roman de Brut" and Lawman's "Brut"
Source:
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady. Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and John Carmi ParsonsThe New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pages 319 - 336.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Arthurian Literature
Chronicles
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England
Guenevere
Historiography
Layamon, Poet- Brut
Literature- Verse
Wace, Poet- Roman de Brut
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
12-13
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Abstract:
The drastic shift in the portrayal of Queen Guenevere as Lawman transforms Wace's version of the Arthurian legend is most likely the result of the decline in Eleanor of Aquitaine's reputation in annals and chronicle histories at the turn of the thirteenth century. [Reprinted with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.]
Related Resources:
Fiona Tolhurst contrasts two portrayals of Guenevere to trace out the declining reputation of EA in Chapter 15 "What Ever Happened to EA? Reflections of EA in Wace's 'Roman de Brut'‰ and Lawman's 'Brut.' " According to Tolhurst, Wace's "Roman de Brut" dep
Author's Affiliation:
Alfred University
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312295820