Les dangers de la guerre. L'image du guerrier dans le Brut de La3amon

Le Saux, F. (2016) Les dangers de la guerre. L'image du guerrier dans le Brut de La3amon. In: Girbea, C. (ed.) Armes et jeux militaires dans l'imaginaire, xiie - xve siecles. Classiques Garnier, Paris, pp. 315-337. ISBN 9782812460838

Abstract/Summary

A study of the lexis and imagery of warfare in the early C13 English adaptation of Wace's Roman de Brut by the English poet La3amon. The narrator's stance is analysed the light of the poet's priestly identity, revealing an undercurrent of disapproval of the glorification of the warrior found in La3amon's sources, and moral concern for combatants engaged in 'unjust' wars of conquest.