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In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.

Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 10/02/1995
    ISBN13: 9780520089358, 978-0520089358
    ISBN10: 0520089359

    Number of Pages: 440

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    In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.

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