Historia Destructionis Troiae Research Articles

The Trojan Palimpsest and Leomarte's Metacritical Forgery

The mysterious fourteenth-century chronicler known as is universally recognized as having exerted considerable influence on medieval Spanish historiography. His Sumas de historia troyana (= Sumas)dating from the first half of the century-constitutes the first entirely prose treatment devoted exclusively to the Troy material. In addition, Leomarte is credited with the introduction of Guido della Colonna's Historia destructionis Troiae to Spain. Finally, the Sumas are the source for the fifteenth-century Cr6nica troyana, which is in turn an important text in the development of Spanish chivalric romance. Despite these notable achievements, however, this work has received surprisingly little attention since the 1932 edition by Agapito Rey. Even recent literary histories accord Leomarte and the Sumas barely a full sentence. Moreover, what is stressed in this minimal coverage is not literary but biographical in nature-namely, the fact that Leomarte's identity remains shrouded in mystery. Although in all likelihood, nothing will ever be known about the historical Leomarte-he himself inscribes quite a detailed literary self-portrait within the text. More precisely, the identity which he discloses is that of a counterfeit chronicler, and, in so doing, Leomarte participates in a long and impressive tradition of Troy-related impostors. We have only to recall the Greek chroniclers of the first century A.D. Dares and Dictys (who claimed to be eye-witnesses to the events of the Trojan war), their Latin translator (the Roman Cornelius), Benoit de Sainte-Maure (who explicitly relies on Cornelius's translation), Geoffrey of Monmouth (who presents his Historia as a translation of a very old book in the British

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Journal Article Reviews of Books Get access The History of Troy in Middle English Literature. Guido delle Colonne's ‘Historia Destructionis Troiae’ in Medieval England. By C. DAVID BENSON (Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, Rowman and Littlefield, 1980. £12.50). ANTONIA GRANSDEN ANTONIA GRANSDEN University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCVII, Issue CCCLXXXIII, April 1982, Pages 354–356, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCVII.CCCLXXXIII.354 Published: 01 April 1982

The History of Troy in Middle English Literature: Guido delle Colonne's "Historia destructionis Troiae" in Medieval England. C. David Benson

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsThe History of Troy in Middle English Literature: Guido delle Colonne's "Historia destructionis Troiae" in Medieval England. C. David Benson Lois EbinLois Ebin Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 56, Number 4Oct., 1981 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2847370 Views: 1Total views on this site Copyright 1981 The Medieval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The History of Troy in Middle English Literature: Guido delle Colonne’s Historia destructionis Troiae in Medieval England by C. David Benson

The History of Troy in Middle English Literature: Guido delle Colonne’s Historia destructionis Troiae in Medieval England by C. David Benson

The Story of Troilus and Briseida according to Benoit and Guido

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Story of Troilus and Briseida according to Benoit and GuidoR. M. LumianskyR. M. Lumiansky Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 29, Number 4Oct., 1954 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2847097 Views: 5Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1954 Mediaeval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Silvia Emmi Influences de la poétique troubadouresque dans la tradition rhétorique des poètes de la Magna Curia, Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie (ZrP) 126, no.33 (Jan 2010).https://doi.org/10.1515/zrph.2010.040

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Reviews of Books Get access The History of Troy in Middle English Literature. Guido delle Colonne's ‘Historia Destructionis Troiae’ in Medieval England. By C. DAVID BENSON (Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, Rowman and Littlefield, 1980. £12.50). ANTONIA GRANSDEN ANTONIA GRANSDEN University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XLVI, Issue CLXXXIII, April 1931, Pages 354–356, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XLVI.CLXXXIII.354 Published: 01 April 1931