Front cover
Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
General Preface: Charlemagne: A European Icon
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A Note on Terminology
Introduction
1: Franco-Italian Vernacular Textual Witnesses of the Charlemagne Epic Tradition
2: The Italian cantari on Charlemagne
3: The Image of Charlemagne in the Prose Compilations of Andrea da Barberino
4: Tradition and Innovation in the Fifteenth Century
5: Matteo Maria Boiardo: Inamoramento de Orlando
6: Crisis and Continuity at the Turn of the Century

7: From Emperor to Pawn: Charlemagne in the Orlando Furioso
8: An Undying Tradition: the Afterlife of Charlemagne in Italy
Afterword: Charlemagne in Italy: a Never-Ending Story
Bibliography
Index
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