{"product_id":"the-poem-of-fernan-gonzalez-9781910572009","title":"The Poem of Fernan Gonzalez","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon.  The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend have become intertwined and there is much within its stanzas that is certainly not closely based on historic facts! This new translation is set against a detailed study of the historic context of the Castillian conflicts and a factual account of the life and achievements of Fernan Gonzalez. The political situation of the time in which the poem was composed is also considered, as is the manner in which the‘history' it espouses came to be handed down over three centuries, the possibility of a pre-existing rich oral tradition surrounding this iconic figure, and the possible sources employed by the poet in constructing the poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Map of the county of Castile after 932 as depicted in the Poema de Fernán González Map of the Iberian Peninsula in 1252 From the Islamic invasion to the reign of Alfonso X: a chronology The dynasty of the counts of Castile in the early tenth century The rulers of Castile (House of Burgundy): 1126-1284 Illustrations  Introduction 1. The tale of Fernán González (i)\tThe figure of Fernán González: the intertwining of fact and legend (ii)\tThe manuscript of the Poema de Fernán González and evidence of its missing content (iii)\tThe account of the hero’s deeds in the Poema de Fernán González and its relationship with historical fact (iv)\tThe epic,‘popular’ and ‘learned’ (v)\tThe Poema de Fernán González and epic tradition 2. Inventing the past: a tenth-century hero in a thirteenth-century context (i)\tThe recovery of Christian Spain, the rise of the kingdom of León and the emergence of the county of Castile (ii)\tThe career and achievements of Fernán González (iii)\tAfter Fernán González: the age of al-Mansur, conflict among the Christian kingdoms and their eventual supremacy over the Muslims (iv)\tThe twelfth century: the re-emergence of Navarre and rivalry between Castile and León (v)\tThe Plantagenets, the Castilian monarchy and an age of triumph (vi)\tThe Castilian court: a centre of learning and literary creation (vii)\tThe invention of a historical tradition (viii)\tThe monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza and its part in the development of a tradition (ix)\tThe reign of Alfonso X, the crisis of 1253-1255 and the African crusade: the background to the composition of the Poema de Fernán González 3. Men of learning and juglares: the art of the mester de clerecía and the use of stylistic features associated with oral poetry (i)\tThe Libro de Alexandre and the mester de clerecía (ii)\tElements of oral narrative poetry incorporated in the work of the clerecía poets: direct speech, direct address and features of the spoken language (iii)\tOther features of oral-formulaic style:‘epic’ epithets, ‘pair phrases’ and ‘physical expressions’ (iv)\tThe Poema de Fernán González and the world of learning (v)\tThe construction of the Poema: features of folk narrative? (vi)\tThe creation of the Poema: drawing together the materials  4. Kingship and the social order, conquest and crusade: the themes of the Poema de Fernán González (i)\tThe portrait of the hero (ii)\tSancha: a heroine in a masculine world of conflict (iii)\tCastile and the Castilians: a chosen people (iv)\tThe Crown of Castile under Alfonso X: king and state, loyalty and treachery (v)\tFernán González: a model and inspiration for a thirteenth-century monarch in a time of conflict (vi)\tCastile and León (vii)\tChristianity and Islam: the ruler’s duty (viii)\tInterpreting the Poema (ix)\tBinding the poem together: the image of the hunt  5. Note on the Spanish text  6. The translation  Select bibliography  The POEMA DE FERNÁN GONZÁLEZ: text, translation and notes","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360242958679,"sku":"9781910572009","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781910572009.jpg?v=1754127096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-poem-of-fernan-gonzalez-9781910572009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}