Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps and Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. General Introduction 1
7. Establishment of Texts and Translations and Conventions Used 7
8. Part I. Faus franceis and dreit engleis: On Language
9. Introduction 9
10. 1. De Bretaine ki ore est apelé Engletere /About Britain which is now called England [Dean 5], Excerpts: London, British Library, MS Add. 14,252, f. 101^ɤ, 101^v, 104^ɤ 15
11. 2. A Nun of Barking Abbey, Le Romanz de saint Edward, rei et confessur [Dean 523], Verse Prologue: Baker transcript and London, British Library, MS Add. 70,513, ff. 55^v–56^ɤ; Verse Epilogue: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat. 489, f. 26r; Anonymous prose reworking: London, British Library, MS Egerton 745, ff. 91^ɤ, 120^ɤ 19
12. 3. Wace, Le Roman de Rou [Dean 2.1], Excerpt: London, British Library, MS Royal 4 C.XI, f. 249 ^ɤ–v 26
13. 4. Hue de Rotelande, Ipomedon [Dean 162], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Cotton Vespasian A.VII, f. 39^ɤ 36
14. 5. Robert Grosseteste, Le Chasteau d’amour [Dean 622], Prologue: Princeton University Library, Taylor Medieval MS 1, ff. 172^v– 173^v 40
15. 6. Waldef [Dean 155], Prologue: Cologny-Geneva, Fondation Martin Bodmer, MS Bodmer 168, f. 1^ɤ–v 45
16. 7. Manuals for Conversation and Composition 52
17. 8. London Frenches 75
18. Part II. Si sa dame ne li aidast: Authorship and the Patron
19. Introduction 89
20. 9. Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brendan [Dean 504], Prologue: Paris, Bibliothѐque Nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr., MS 4503, ff. 19^v–20^ɤ 95
21. 10. Gaimar, L’Estoire des Engleis [Dean 1], Two extracts: Durham Cathedral Library, MS C.IV. 27, ff. 109^v and 116^v 99
22. 11a. Adgar/William, Le Gracial [Dean 558], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Add. 38,664, f. 3^ɤ–v 103
23. 11b. Guernes de Pont-Ste-Maxence, La Vie de saint Thomas Becket [Dean 508], Two Epilogues: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français, MS 13,513, ff. 97^v–98^v 108
24. 12. Simon of Walsingham, La Vie de sainte Fey, virgine et martire [Dean 570], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Add. 70,513, ff. 147^ɤ–148^ɤ 113
25. 12. Simon of Walsingham, La Vie de sainte Fey, virgine et martire [Dean 570], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Add. 70,513, ff. 147^ɤ–148^ɤ 120
26. 14. Robert of Greatham, Miroir ou Evangiles des domnees [Dean 589], Prologue, excerpts: Nottingham University Library, MS MiLM4, ff. 57^ɤα–60^vα 127
27. 15. Herman de Valenciennes, Li Romanz de Dieu et de sa mere [Dean 485], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Harley 222, ff. 9^ɤ–10^ɤ 135
28. Part III. Primes dirrum la dreyte fei: The Conduct of Reading, Hearing and Seeing
29. Introduction 151
30. 17. Guillaume le Clerc de Normandie, Le Bestiaire divin [Dean 702], Prologue and extracts: New Haven, Yale University Beinecke Library, MS 395, ff. 153^ɤ, 158^ɤ–159^ɤ 156
31. 18. La Destructioun de Rome [Dean 82.1], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Egerton 3028, f. 64 ^ɤ–v 160
32. 19. Pierre d’Abernon de Fetcham, Lumere as lais [Dean 630], Prologue 165
33. 20. ‘A dire devant la crucifix del muster u sur crucifix peint en livre’: Visual Literacies 173
34. 21. John of Howden, Rossignos [Dean 626], Prologue, Extract and Explicit: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 471, ff. 1^ɤ–1^v/4, 82^ɤ/21–83^v/8, 110^ɤ/13–111^ɤ/4 204
35. 22. St Edmund of Abingdon [ascribed], Mirour de seinte eglyse (St Edmund’s Mirror) [Dean 629], Excerpts: London, British Library, MS Harley 1121, ff. 143^v–144^v, 149^ɤ–151^ɤ 212
36. 23. Sermons on Joshua [Dean 595], Extracts from Sermons 4 and 5: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fonds français, MS 19,525, ff. 180vb–181^vα, 185^ɤa–185^vα 222
37. 24. Textual Ordering and Manuscript Layout 232
38. Part IV. Ki veult oïr: Forming Audiences and Creating Textual Communities
39. Introduction 249
40. 25a. Wace, La Vie de saint Nicolas [Dean 537.1], Prologue: Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 3516, f. 69^vb–c 252
41. 25b. Anon., La Vie de seint Clement [Dean 517], Prologue: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.3.46, ff. 122^ɤ–123^v 255
42. 26. Commentary on the Chant des Chanz [Dean 461], Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson Poetry 234, ff. 57^ɤ–59^v 261
43. 27. Denis Piramus, La Vie seint Edmund le rei [Dean 520], Prologue to Book One: London, British Library, MS Cotton Domitian A.XI, f. 3^ɤ–v 270
44. 28. Thomas of Kent, Le Roman de toute chevalerie (Alexander the Great) [Dean 165], Prologue: Paris, Bibliothѐque nationale de France, fonds français, MS 24,364, f. 1^rα 277
45. 29. La Seinte Resurreccion (La Résurrection du Sauveur; Anglo-Norman Resurrection) [Dean 717], Prologues: a. Paris, Bibliothѐque nationale de France, fonds français, MS 902, ff. 97^ɤa–98^vd; b. London, British Library, MS Add. 45,103, f. 215 ^ɤb–vα 281
46. 30. Chardri, La Vie de seint Josaphaz [Dean 532], Prologue: Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29, f. 223^ɤ–v 287
47. 31. Fouke le Fitz Waryn [Dean 156]: Prologue: London, British Library, MS Royal 12 C.XII, ff. 33^ɤ–35^ɤ (extracts) 293
48. 32a. Sicom Aristotele nous dit [Dean 423], Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.5, ff. 123^ɤ–124^v 303
49. 32b. Quant Deus out la femme fete / Ornatus mulierum [Dean 426], Prologue: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1470, f. 276^ɤ 309
50. 33. Jofroi de Waterford and Servais Copale, Secré de secrez [Dean 239], Extract and Prologue: Paris, Bibliothѐque nationale de France, fonds français, MS 1822, ff. 84 ^ɤ–v , 248^vd–249^ɤα 314
51. 34. Le Miracle de Sardenai [Dean 563], Prologue and Epilogue: Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 927, ff. 217^ɤ–218^v, 226^v–229^v 319
52. 35. Jean de Mandeville [?], Le Livre des merveilles du monde (Mandeville’s Travels) [Dean 341], Epilogue: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1804, f. 42^ɤb–42^vα 328
53. Part V. Si come en latyn trovay escrit: The Lineage of the Text
54. Introduction 341
55. 37. Everart, Distichs of Cato [Dean 255], Prologue: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Poet. a.1, f. 309^vα–c (the Vernon Manuscript) 346
56. 38. Simund de Freine, Roman de philosophie [Dean 243], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Add. 46,919, f. 107 ^ɤa–b 352
57. 39. Sanson de Nantuil, Les Proverbes de Salemon [Dean 458], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Harley 4388, ff. 1^a–2^b 355
58. 40. Rauf de Linham, Kalender [Dean 342], Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.1.1, f. 8^ɤ 363
59. 41. [Robert de Boron, Walter Map, ascribed], L’Estoire del saint Graal (The History of the Holy Grail) [not in Dean], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Royal 19 C.XII, ff. 1 ^ɤ–ν, 2^ɤ, 3^ɤ 367
60. 42. Walter de la Hove (?), The Mohun Chronicle [Dean 65], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Add. 62,929, ff. 1^ɤ–2^ɤ 378
61. 43. Poème sur l’Ancien Testament (Poem on the Old Testament) [Dean 462], Prologue: London, British Library, MS Egerton 2710, f. 2^ra 383
62. Postlude: Honneurs . . . publiées en divers royaumes
63. Introduction 388
64. 44. Le Débat des hérauts d’armes de France et d’Angleterre [Not in Dean], London, British Library, G. 32, g. 4, ff. 2^v–5^r 389
65. Part VI. Essays and Resources
66. Part VI. 1. Two Essays 401
67. Part VI. 2. Middle English Versions of French Entries 431
68. Part VI. 3. Alternative Arrangements of the Entries 457
69. Timeline: England and French 467
70. Glossary 477
71. Bibliography 517
72. General Index 571
73. Index of Manuscripts 589