Title
Clergie , Clerkly Studium , and the Medieval Literary History of Chréétien De Troyes's Romances
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Modern Language Review
Publisher
Modern Humanities Research Association
Keywords
Chréétien de Troyes, Cligéés
Abstract
This article traces the development of medieval literary history across the thirteenth century through manuscript readings of Chréétien de Troyes's romances. Redefining clergie as the clerkly pursuit of learning, the author argues that scribes played an important role in shaping Chréétien's romances and establishing their place in medieval literary history. Examining manuscript collections centred on Cligéés, the author delineates synchronic and diachronic shifts in the organization and presentation of Chréétien's manuscripts, evaluating the roles that different scribes and compilers played in the formation of a Chréétien corpus and the development of a romance genre.
First Page
682
Last Page
696
Volume
106
Issue
3
Repository Citation
Reis, Levilson C., "Clergie , Clerkly Studium , and the Medieval Literary History of Chréétien De Troyes's Romances" (2011). Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship. 20.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/mlanguages_fac/20
Original Citation
Levilson C., Reis. "Clergie , Clerkly Studium , and the Medieval Literary History of Chréétien De Troyes's Romances." Modern Language Review 2011: 682.
DOI
10.5699/modelangrevi.106.3.0682
Version
Post-Print
Peer Reviewed
1
Included in
French and Francophone Literature Commons, Medieval Studies Commons, Modern Languages Commons