Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable

An unknown Anglo-Norman manuscript in the Aberystwyth Library : The Devil’s Charter At the end of a ms. of the Historia regum Britanniae (Brogyntyn I. 7) in the Aberystwyth National Library of Wales a violent attack against the rich, written by a different hand and called La Chartre au diable,...

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Päätekijä: Ménard, Philippe
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Français
Julkaistu: 2010
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spelling cairn-RMA_153_0529RMALe Moyen Âge https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moyen-age-2009-3-page-529?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rma.153.0529 Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable Ménard, Philippe2010 Anglo-Norman literatureattack on the richecclesiastical productionsatireunpublished textfre Le Moyen Âge | CXV | 3 | 2010-03-22 | p. 529-555 | 0027-2841 RMA_15369 An unknown Anglo-Norman manuscript in the Aberystwyth Library : The Devil’s Charter At the end of a ms. of the Historia regum Britanniae (Brogyntyn I. 7) in the Aberystwyth National Library of Wales a violent attack against the rich, written by a different hand and called La Chartre au diable, or “The Devil’s Charter”, has been discovered. The text of this codex is not mentioned in the catalogue of Anglo-Norman literature. After examining its content, one finds that there are other manuscripts of this text and that it is, in fact, an extract from Pierre de Peckham’s Lumere as Lais, a work completed in Oxford in 1267. The Aberystwyth codex seems to be from the 14th century to judge from its writing and language. P. Ménard’s article provides a version of this strange text, written as if spoken by the Devil, with a translation, a glossary, a linguistic study, notes and a commentary. This document of 208 verses is a forceful expression of the rights of the poor over the property of the rich. The writer does not spare the powerful and speaks acrimoniously of them. It is possible to wonder whether Pierre de Peckham, an ecclesiastic about whom little is known, had not himself been wronged in a matter of church property where he had his prebend.Cairn free access
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topic Anglo-Norman literature
attack on the rich
ecclesiastical production
satire
unpublished text
spellingShingle Anglo-Norman literature
attack on the rich
ecclesiastical production
satire
unpublished text
Ménard, Philippe
Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
topic_facet Anglo-Norman literature
attack on the rich
ecclesiastical production
satire
unpublished text
description An unknown Anglo-Norman manuscript in the Aberystwyth Library : The Devil’s Charter At the end of a ms. of the Historia regum Britanniae (Brogyntyn I. 7) in the Aberystwyth National Library of Wales a violent attack against the rich, written by a different hand and called La Chartre au diable, or “The Devil’s Charter”, has been discovered. The text of this codex is not mentioned in the catalogue of Anglo-Norman literature. After examining its content, one finds that there are other manuscripts of this text and that it is, in fact, an extract from Pierre de Peckham’s Lumere as Lais, a work completed in Oxford in 1267. The Aberystwyth codex seems to be from the 14th century to judge from its writing and language. P. Ménard’s article provides a version of this strange text, written as if spoken by the Devil, with a translation, a glossary, a linguistic study, notes and a commentary. This document of 208 verses is a forceful expression of the rights of the poor over the property of the rich. The writer does not spare the powerful and speaks acrimoniously of them. It is possible to wonder whether Pierre de Peckham, an ecclesiastic about whom little is known, had not himself been wronged in a matter of church property where he had his prebend.
author Ménard, Philippe
author_facet Ménard, Philippe
author_sort Ménard, Philippe
title Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
title_short Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
title_full Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
title_fullStr Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
title_full_unstemmed Un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'Aberystwyth : La Charte au diable
title_sort un manuscrit anglo-normand inconnu à la bibliothèque d'aberystwyth : la charte au diable
publishDate 2010
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