Godefroi de Buillon Old French Crusade title: cycle ; v. 10 author: Roberts, Jan Boyd. publisher: University of Alabama Press isbn10 | asin: 0817308555 print isbn13: 9780817308551 ebook isbn13: 9780585165431 language: French Godfrey,--of Bouillon,--ca. 1060-1100-- subject Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099-- Fiction. publication date: 1996 lcc: PQ1463 1996eb ddc: 843/.1 Godfrey,--of Bouillon,--ca. 1060-1100-- Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099-- Fiction, Crusades--First, 1096-1099-- subject: Fiction. Page iii The Old French Crusade Cycle Volume X Godefroi de Buillon Edited by Jan Boyd Roberts The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa and London Page iv Copyright © 1996 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48- 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Godefroi de Bouillon Godefroi de Buillon / edited by Jan Boyd Roberts. p. cm. -- (The Old French Crusade cycle ; v. 10) Text in Old French with critical matter in English. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0855-5 (alk. paper) 1. Godfrey, of Bouillon, ca. 1060-1100--Fiction. 2. Crusades-- First, 1096-1099--Fiction. I. Roberts, Jan Boyd. II. Title. III. Series. PQ1463.G86 1996 843'.1--dc20 95-264456 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Available Page v Contents Acknowledgements vi Plan of Publication vii Abbreviations viii Introduction I. The Old French Crusade Cycle ix II. The Manuscript ix III. Summary of the Narrative xii IV. The Historical Element xiii V. The Language of the Text xvii VI. The Date of Godefroi de Buillon xxii VII. The Origin of the Scribe of Godefroi de Buillon xxiii VIII. Editorial Policy xxiv Selective Bibliography xxv Godefroi de Buillon La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne 1 Le Chevalier au Cygne 7 Les Enfances Godefroi 17 La Chanson d'Antioche 31 Les Chétifs 63 La Chanson de Jérusalem 79 Index of Proper Names 109 Glossary 135 Page vi Acknowledgments I am deeply indebted to Professors Jan A. Nelson and Emanuel J. Mickel for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this edition. Page vii Plan of Publication The Old French Crusade Cycle, when published in its entirety, will comprise ten volumes: Vol. La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne I Elioxe, ed. Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr. Beatrix, ed. Jan A. Nelson (1977) Vol. Le Chevalier au Cygne and La Fin d'Elias, ed. Jan A. II Nelson (1985) Vol. Les Enfances Godefroi, ed. Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr. III Vol. La Chanson d'Antioche, ed. Jan A. Nelson IV Vol. Les Chétifs, ed. Geoffrey M. Myers (1980) V Vol. La Chanson de Jérusalem, ed. Nigel R. Thorp (1992) VI Vol. The Jérusalem Continuations VII Part I: La Chrétienté Corbaran, ed. Peter R. Grillo (1984) Part II: La Prise d'Acre, La Mort Godefroi, and La Chanson des Rois Baudouin, ed. Peter R. Grillo (1987) Vol. The Jérusalem Continuations: The London and Turin VIII Redactions, ed. Peter R. Grillo (1994) Vol. La Geste du Chevalier au Cygne, ed. Edmond A. IX Emplaincourt Vol. Godefroi de Buillon, ed. Jan Boyd Roberts (1995) X "The Manuscripts of the Old French Crusade Cycle" by Geoffrey M. Myers, included in Volume I, is intended, with some future elaboration, to serve the entire series. Page viii Abbreviations The following is a list of the abbreviations of the titles for the various branches or major episodes of the OFCC accepted as standard by all now associated with the series: OFCC Old French Crusade Cycle NChCyNaissance du Chevalier au Cygne El Elioxe Bt Beatrix ChCy Chevalier au Cygne FE Fin d'Elias EG Enfances Godefroi Ant Chanson d'Antioche Cht Chétifs Jér Chanson (or Conquête) de Jérusalem CCor Chrétienté Corbaran PA Prise d'Acre MG Mort Godefroi RB Chanson des Rois Baudouin Cont Jér Continuations in E, G, and I Cont2 Jér Continuations in I (fols. 166281) and T
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