What Makes Breton Lays 'Breton'? Bretons, Britons and Celtic 'Otherness' in Medieval Romance

Author / Editor
Carruthers, Leo.

Title
What Makes Breton Lays 'Breton'? Bretons, Britons and Celtic 'Otherness' in Medieval Romance

Published
Claire Vial, ed. 'Gode is the lay, swete is the note': Résonances dans les lais bretons moyen-anglais / Echoes in the Middle English Breton Lays (2014): n.p. (web publication).

Description
Explores the semantic and cultural fields underlying the terms 'Breton' and 'Celtic'. Posits that Chaucer willingly betrays his knowledge of the traditional geography and culture connected with Breton lays in FranT.

Alternative Title
'Gode is the lay, swete is the note': Résonances dans les lais bretons moyen-anglais / Echoes in the Middle English Breton Lays.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale