Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature

In Medieval Boundaries, Sharon Kinoshita examines the role of cross—cultural contact in twelfth— and early thirteenth—century French literature. Starting from the observation that many of the earliest and best—known works of the French literary tradition are set on or beyond the borders of the French—speaking world, she reads the Chanson de Roland, the lais of Marie de France, and a variety of other texts in an expanded geographical frame that includes the Iberian peninsula, the Welsh march...