Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2013

Publication Title

French Studies Bulletin

Publisher

Oxford UP

Keywords

Chrétien de Troyes, Old French, Franks, French National Identity

Abstract

The article looks at the evolution of the ethnonym Francois in the Middle Ages and its significance to Germanic peoples known as Franks in the context of their cross-cultural relations with Muslim, Byzantine and British people. The author analyzes chronicles of the First Crusade and examines the use of Francois as an exonym and an autonym, and its role in the development of the French identity.

First Page

58

Last Page

61

Issue

128

Original Citation

Reis, Levilson. "The Medieval Forms And Meanings Of Francois: The Political And Cultural Vicissitudes Of An Ethnonym." French Studies Bulletin 128 (2013): 58-61. Humanities International Complete. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.

DOI

10.1093/frebul/ktto19

Version

Post-Print

Peer Reviewed

1

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