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Wales and the Medieval Colonial Imagination The Matters of Britain in the Twelfth Century

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Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh.

Keywords

Literary CriticismMedievalHistoryEuropeGreat BritainSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceFictionEuropeanAncient & ClassicalLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social

2014Book

Author(s)Michael A. Faletra

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9781137391025

LanguageEnglish

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