Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Abbreviations and Sigla
- Boeve/Bevis: A Synopsis
- Introduction
- 1 The Anglo-Norman Boeve de Haumtone as a Chanson De Geste
- 2 Mestre and Son: The Role of Sabaoth and Terri in Boeve de Haumtone
- 3 Rewriting Bevis in Wales and Ireland
- 4 Bevers saga in the Context of Old Norse Historical Prose
- 5 From Boeve to Bevis: The Translator at Work
- 6 The Middle English and Renaissance Bevis: A Textual Survey
- 7 For King and Country? The Tension between National and Regional Identities in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 8 Defining Christian Knighthood in a Saracen World: Changing Depictions of the Protagonist in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 9 Ascopard's Betrayal: A Narrative Problem
- 10 Gender, Virtue and Wisdom in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 11 Sir Bevis of Hampton: Renaissance Influence and Reception
- Bibliography of Bevis Scholarship
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Abbreviations and Sigla
- Boeve/Bevis: A Synopsis
- Introduction
- 1 The Anglo-Norman Boeve de Haumtone as a Chanson De Geste
- 2 Mestre and Son: The Role of Sabaoth and Terri in Boeve de Haumtone
- 3 Rewriting Bevis in Wales and Ireland
- 4 Bevers saga in the Context of Old Norse Historical Prose
- 5 From Boeve to Bevis: The Translator at Work
- 6 The Middle English and Renaissance Bevis: A Textual Survey
- 7 For King and Country? The Tension between National and Regional Identities in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 8 Defining Christian Knighthood in a Saracen World: Changing Depictions of the Protagonist in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 9 Ascopard's Betrayal: A Narrative Problem
- 10 Gender, Virtue and Wisdom in Sir Bevis of Hampton
- 11 Sir Bevis of Hampton: Renaissance Influence and Reception
- Bibliography of Bevis Scholarship
- Index
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- Sir Bevis of Hampton in Literary Tradition , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2008