Luke Sunderland is a scholar of medieval Francophone literature, especially in relation to ethical and political questions. He is the author of Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism between Ethics and Morality (2010) and many articles, particularly on medieval translation and textual geographies. He has held research fellowships at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and at the Stanford Humanities Center, and is currently Senior Lecturer in French at Durham University.

The sheer number of sources used by Sunderland speaks to the ambitious scope of his study, which includes thematical studies of revolt, resistance, feud, and crusade. By approaching literary texts from a principally historical perspective, asking questions about the political and ideological implications of the production, reception, and consumption of these texts, Sunderland manages rewardingly to discuss them from an interdisciplinary standpoint.

• Introduction 1: Sovereignty 2: Revolt 3: Resistance 4: Charlemagne 5: Feud 6: Crusade Conclusion Appendix

Luke Sunderland is a scholar of medieval Francophone literature, especially in relation to ethical and political questions. He is the author of Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism between Ethics and Morality (2010) and many articles, particularly on medieval translation and textual geographies. He has held research fellowships at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and at the Stanford Humanities Center, and is currently Senior Lecturer in French at Durham University.

The sheer number of sources used by Sunderland speaks to the ambitious scope of his study, which includes thematical studies of revolt, resistance, feud, and crusade. By approaching literary texts from a principally historical perspective, asking questions about the political and ideological implications of the production, reception, and consumption of these texts, Sunderland manages rewardingly to discuss them from an interdisciplinary standpoint.

• Introduction 1: Sovereignty 2: Revolt 3: Resistance 4: Charlemagne 5: Feud 6: Crusade Conclusion Appendix

Luke Sunderland is a scholar of medieval Francophone literature, especially in relation to ethical and political questions. He is the author of Old French Narrative Cycles: Heroism between Ethics and Morality (2010) and many articles, particularly on medieval translation and textual geographies. He has held research fellowships at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and at the Stanford Humanities Center, and is currently Senior Lecturer in French at Durham University.

The sheer number of sources used by Sunderland speaks to the ambitious scope of his study, which includes thematical studies of revolt, resistance, feud, and crusade. By approaching literary texts from a principally historical perspective, asking questions about the political and ideological implications of the production, reception, and consumption of these texts, Sunderland manages rewardingly to discuss them from an interdisciplinary standpoint.

• Introduction 1: Sovereignty 2: Revolt 3: Resistance 4: Charlemagne 5: Feud 6: Crusade Conclusion Appendix