Keith Busby, French in Medieval Ireland, Ireland in Medieval French. The Paradox of Two Worlds
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the book deals with ‘the most negotiated area of medieval Francophonia’ (p. 2), it is organised in two parts, in the first part it examines the situation and role of French language and literature in medieval Ireland, in the second part the representation of Ireland in medieval French literature up to the middle of the nineteenth century, the latest text being Melyador de Froissart. The first chapter looks at the testimonies of a multilingual situation in Ireland...