An exploration of the many depictions of Charlemagne in the Italian tradition of chivalric narratives in verse and prose.

List of IllustrationsList of contributorsGeneral Preface: Charlemagne: A European Icon - Marianne Ailes and Philip E. BennettAcknowledgementsAbbreviations and A Note on TerminologyIntroduction - Jane E. Everson1.The First Franco-Italian Vernacular Textual Witnesses of the Charlemagne Epic Tradition in the Italian Peninsula: Hybrid Forms - Claudia Boscolo and Leslie Zarker Morgan2.The Italian cantari on Charlemagne - Franca Strologo3.Carlo Magno, Ideal Progenitor of Country and Lineage: The image of Charlemagne in the prose compilations of Andrea da Barberino - Leslie Zarker Morgan4.Tradition and innovation in the fifteenth century: from anonymous poems to Luigi Pulci's Morgante - Annalisa Perrotta5.Matteo Maria Boiardo: Inamoramento de Orlando - Maria Pavlova6.Crisis and continuity at the turn of the century - Jane E. Everson7.From Emperor to Pawn. Charlemagne in the Orlando Furioso - Stefano Jossa8.An undying tradition: the afterlife of Charlemagne in Italy - Luca Degl'InnocentiAfterword: Charlemagne in Italy: a never-ending story - Jane E. EversonBibliographyIndex of Proper Names