Reconfiguring Wace's Round Table: Walewein and the Rise of the National Vernaculars

From: Arthuriana | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Walters, Lori J | Copyright information

This article explores the possible origins of the Middle Dutch character Walwein in Wace's Roman de Brut. After first considering the character's name and his association with chess in Wace, it moves to a study of competing fourteenth-century French and Germanic models of empire. (LJW)

When David Johnson approached me to ask if I would write on the question of why non-Dutch specialists (both professionals and lay readers) should read Middle Dutch romances, my response was immediate and...

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