Idéologie du pouvoir et modèles littéraires anglo-normands dans le royaume des deux Guillaume
Rosanna Alaggio
In the twelfth century much iconographic evidence shows diffusion in Italy of plots most important chansons de geste and medieval romances. Until now, representation these stories mosaics Apulian cathedrals has not been properly analysed by considering problem relationship between clients users. this article, we consider ideological re-employment characters Breton Carolingian cycles, or even Alexander’s romance, artistic language Norman Kingdom Sicily. Here Macedonian king heroes do only express an anti-Byzantine sentiment, as recent studies reaffirm; indeed, geographical context also provides to figures a function embodiment common historical-cultural heritage accordingly expresses image East which was built Europeans Middle Ages.
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