Charlemagne in Italy

The volume focuses on the development of narratives in Italy, from the earliest Franco-Italian tales up to the sixteenth century.

Ed. Jane E. Everson (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Claudia Boscolo.

Contents will be as follows:

1. Introduction: Charlemagne arrives in Italy – evidence of knowledge of the literary tradition – in art, popular culture etc. J. Everson and C. Boscolo

• The first textual witnesses from Italy – hybrid forms, franco-italian. The Geste Francor, Entrée d’Espagne etc. –C. Boscolo

 I cantari carolingi. Spagna, Aspromonte, Rinaldo etc.  F. Strologo

4. Carlo Magno, Ideal Progenitor of Country and Lineage:The Image of Charlemagne in the Prose Compilations of Andrea da Barberino – Leslie Zarker Morgan

5. Tradition and innovation in the 15^th century – Pulci’s Morgante and the anonymous poems of the end of the century. – A. Perrotta

1. Mateo Maria Boiardo – Maria Pavlova

1. Crisis and continuity – the Carolingian poem at the turn of the 15^th to 16^th centuries –J. Everson

1. From Emperor to Pawn: Charlemagne in the Orlando Furioso – S. Jossa.

1. Epilogue: An undying tradition: the afterlife of Charlemagne in Italy – Luca degl’Innocenti