Translating the Crusades. William of Tyre and Matteo Maria Boiardo
This article considers Matteo Maria Boiardo’s contribution to the vernacular appropriation and transmission of William of Tyre’s late twelfth-century Chronicon in Renaissance Italy. It takes a necessarily long view of the source for Boiardo’s digression on the Crusades in his translation of the Hist...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Parole Rubate |
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| Online Access: | http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo23_pdf/F23_4_rizzi_crociate.pdf |
| Summary: | This article considers Matteo Maria Boiardo’s contribution to the vernacular appropriation and transmission of William of Tyre’s late twelfth-century Chronicon in Renaissance Italy. It takes a necessarily long view of the source for Boiardo’s digression on the Crusades in his translation of the Historia Imperiale. Such a view allows us to better understand the intricate, multi-lingual, and surprising textual heritage essential to his translation. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-0114 |