In the fiction of the Joufroi de Poitiers, the author, perhaps a native of eastern France, claims to have found his story near Montpellier. His journey is perhaps not imaginary as we have an indication of a place that carries a certain political value, in an era when the French Crown, after having concluded the anti-Albigensian crusade in the mid-thirteenth century, had taken possession of the Midi. Montpellier was likely a free zone for the production and circulation of works of anti-Capetian satire, such as the Occitan novel which goes under the modern title of Flamenca. In fact, composed in the entourage of James I of Aragon in Montpellier, the Flamenca is one of the probable sources of Joufroi de Poitiers.
University of Florence, Italy
Chapter Title
I viaggi in un romanzo e i viaggi di un romanzo nel basso medioevo. Il caso del Joufroi de Poitiers
Authors
Roberta Manetti
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-467-0.14
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Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
Nel segno di Magellano tra terra e cielo
Book Subtitle
Il viaggio nelle arti umanistiche e scientifiche di lingua portoghese e di altre culture europee in un’ottica interculturale
Editors
Michela Graziani, Lapo Casetti, Salomé Vuelta García
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Number of Pages
492
Publication Year
2021
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-467-0
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978-88-5518-466-3
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978-88-5518-467-0
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919