Medieval boundaries: rethinking difference in Old French literature

Introduction Part I. Epic Revisions* 1. Pagans Are Wrong and Christians Are Right: From Parias to Crusade in the Chanson de Roland 2. The Politics of Courtly Love: La Prise d'Orange and the Conversion of the Saracen Queen Part II. Romances of Assimilation 3. In the Beginning Was the Road: Floire et Blancheflor in the Medieval Mediterranean 4. Colonial Possessions: Wales and the Anglo-Norman Imaginary in the Lais of Marie de France Part III. Crisis and Change in the Thirteenth Century 5. Brave New Worlds: Robert de Clari's La Conquete de Constantinople 6. The Romance of MiscegeNation: Negotiating Identities in La Fille du comte de Pontieu 7. Uncivil Wars: Imagining Community in La Chanson de la Croisade Albigeoise Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index