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Brault, Gerard Joseph was born on November 7, 1929 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philias J. and Aline E. (Rémillard) Brault.
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Published to observe the twelfth centenary of the Battle of Roncevaux, the event that inspired the Chanson de Roland, this edition provides the first systematic analysis of the entire poem. Professor Brault's edition also incorporates the considerable scholarly work done in the half century since the Bedier and Jenkins editions appeared. The underlying theme of this new edition is that the poem is a Christian hero. As imagined by the poet Turoldus—writing about 1100, at the time of the First Crusade—Roland, the nephew of Charlemagne, had no faults and accomplished mighty deeds in warring against the Saracens. The introduction compares the known historical facts about the Battle of Roncevaux with the Roland legend, with various versions of the poem, and with the Oxford text. Christian thought and sensibility are shown to permeate the Chanson de Roland, in its character portrayal and narrative development, as well as in its tone and diction—and to provide its thematic unity and metaphorical consistency. Influences of the oral tradition of the chansons de geste are demonstrated, as are evidences of the accompanying gestures used by the jongleurs in interpreting these works. The Commentary organizes discussion of the 4002 verses into 49 units. The method of analysis is eclectic, combining thematic criticism with philology, exegetical interpretation with iconography. The 66 illustrations, primarily from Romanesque works of art, clarify key passages
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(True heraldry, that is, "the systematic use of hereditary...)
True heraldry, that is, "the systematic use of hereditary devices centred on the shield," is known to have existed as early as the second quarter of the twelfth century. Until recently, its expansion throughout Europe had been studied chiefly on the basis of the depiction on seals, manuscripts, sculpture, and other comparable surfaces with relatively little scholarly attention being accorded to blazon, the manner of describing coats of arms. The present volume is outgrowth of the author's Early Blazon (published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford University), a study of the language of heraldry as it is recorded in the earliest blazoned rolls of arms lists of names accompanied by descriptions of armorial bearings and in contemporary sources. The rolls, which are reproduced in the original French, provide valuable data, often available nowhere else, about the great men of the Middle Ages and they are an essential source of information for the study of heraldry as well as genealogy, language, and social history.
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Brault, Gerard Joseph was born on November 7, 1929 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philias J. and Aline E. (Rémillard) Brault.
AB, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1950. Doctor of Letters, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1976. AM cum laude, Laval University, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1958.
Teaching fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1956;
associate professor Romance languages, University of Pennsylvania, 1961-1965;
vice dean Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1965;
instructor French, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1957-1959;
assistant professor French, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1959-1961;
professor French, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1965-1990;
Distinguished professor French and medieval studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1990;
Edwin Erle Sparks professor French and medieval studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1990-1997;
head department French, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1965-1970;
Edwin Erle Sparks professor emeritus French and medieval studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1998. Fellow Institute Arts and Humanistic Studies, since 1976. Director National Defense Education Act Summer Institutions, Bowdoin College, 1961, 62, Assumption College, 1964.
Fulbright fellow, Strasbourg, France, 1956-1957, Fulbright research scholar and Guggenheim fellow, Strasbourg, 1968-1969. Senior fellow in Canada studies, Quebec City, 1984, Camargo Foundation fellow, Cassis, France, 1987, 94.
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Member Catholic Commision on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, also, Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine, Société Historique Franco-Américaine. Served with Counter Intelligence Corps, United States Army, 1951-1953. Fellow Society Antiquaries of London, Heraldry Society London, Medieval Academy American (advisory board Speculum 1972-1975), Académie Internationale d'Héraldique.
Member Modern Language Association, Société Rencesvals pour l'étude des épopées romanes (president 1985-1988, president American-Canadian branch 1970-1973, editorial board Olifant since 1975), American Association Teachers French, Association for Canada Studies in the United States, Middle Atlantic Conference Canadian Studies (president 1981-1983), International Arthurian Society, Harleian Society (council 1987-1998).
Married Jeanne Lambert Pepin, January 23, 1954. Children: Francis Gerard, Anne-Marie Welsh, Suzanne Eveline Dannenmueller.