Publisher's Synopsis
The courtly romances still bear witness to the marvellous narrative culture of the Middle Ages. Little is known, however, about the actual narrative practice. When, where and on which occasions were these stories told? What social functions did the narration perform? What were the rules of narration that applied in performance? Following these central questions and using modern methods of textual analysis, the ten papers in this volume find a new approach to medieval narrative culture.
