The Medieval Chronicle IV by Erik Kooper (Ed.)

There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. The yearbook "The Medieval Chronicle" aims to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds. "The Medieval Chronicle" is published in cooperation with the "Medieval Chronicle Society". Contributors Preface Peter Representing Kings, Queens and Captains in Some Early Fifteenth-Century Manuscripts of Froissart s "Chroniques" Peter Propaganda and "essample" in Benoît de Sainte-Maure s "Chronique des ducs de Normandie" Tamar S. Historicising The Case of Edward the Confessor in Vernacular Narratives Lynne The Missing Silencing in the "Cronica de don Alvaro de Luna" Miliana Turnovo New The Third Rome in the Fourteenth-Century Bulgarian Translation of Constantine Manasses "Synopsis Chronike" Jitka KOMENDOVÁ: Reisen der russischen Fuersten in die der Kulturdialog in den Chroniken Marco Remembering the Barbarian Oral Traditions about the Distant Past in the Middle Ages Christiane Fetes d armes et devotions au XVe Siecle Bela Zsolt B