Walter Map and the Matter of Britain
Author | : Joshua Byron Smith |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-07-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812249323 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812249321 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Walter Map and the Matter of Britain by : Joshua Byron Smith
Download or read book Walter Map and the Matter of Britain written by Joshua Byron Smith and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would the thirteenth-century French prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle have been attributed to Walter Map, a twelfth-century writer from the Anglo-Welsh borderlands? Joshua Byron Smith sets out to answer this and other questions and offers a new explanation for how narratives about the pre-Saxon inhabitants of Britain circulated in England.