The Experience of Borders and the Literatures of Medieval Europe

In medieval Europe, people and texts circulated, crossing kingdom borders and linguistic barriers. The contributions gathered here explore the perception of boundaries between territories, languages, and cultures, and the awareness of their transgression in medieval texts. Specialists from various fields, ranging from medieval French to Scandinavian languages, including German, Spanish, English, and Yiddish, analyze how works represent fictional borders, cross real ones, or reflect an awareness of belonging to a cultural, political, or linguistic group. By highlighting the diversity of literary experiences of borders in the Middle Ages, this book also invites us to reflect on our modern perspective of the intense circulation that underpins European culture.

Sofia Lodén is a researcher in medieval European literature at Stockholm University and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (Pro Futura Scientia XII Fellow).

Vanessa Obry is a lecturer in medieval French language and literature at the University of Haute-Alsace.

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