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Faletra, Michael A., Wales and the medieval colonial imagination: the matters of Britain in the twelfth century, The New Middle Ages, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Faletra (Michael A.)

Work

Wales and the medieval colonial imagination: the matters of Britain in the twelfth century

Place

New York

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2014

Series

The New Middle Ages

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Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Michael A. 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. Viewing the Welsh as England’s original repressed Other, this book identifies and critiques the ways in which medieval narratives construe Wales as a barbaric peripheral zone requiring colonial control. By focusing on texts across a variety of genres by some of the major literary figures of the period - including Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, Gerald of Wales, Walter Map, and John of Salisbury - Faletra offers innovative new readings that illuminate both the subtle power and the imaginative limitations of these matters of Britain.

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Subjects and topics

Headings

History of Wales Anglo-Latin literature

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History, society and culture

Agents

Chrétien de TroyesChrétien de Troyes
(fl. late 12th century)
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See more Geoffrey of MonmouthGeoffrey of Monmouth
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See more Gerald of WalesGerald of Wales
(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)
Giraldus Cambrensis;Gerald de Barry
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See more John of SalisburyJohn of Salisbury

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See more Marie de FranceMarie de France
(fl. late 12th century)
Medieval poet from France, who was active at the court of King Henry II; author of twelve Lais, an Isopet (collection of fables), and the Espurgatoire seint Patriz.
See more Walter MapWalter Map

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Keywords

matter of Britain colonialism

“Introduction: The scrap-heap of history”

[Ch. 1] “Geoffrey of Monmouth and the matter of Wales”

[Ch. 2] “Fairies at the bottom of the garden: courtly Britain and its others”

[Ch. 3] “Chrétien de Troyes, Wales, and the matière of Britain”

[Ch. 4] “Crooked Greeks: hybridity, history, and Gerald of Wales”

[Epilogue] “The birds of Rhiannon”

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page name: Faletra (Michael A.) 2014a