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List of contributors Preface Map Introduction Erik Kooper Part I. Court and City: 1. Court and city culture in the Low Countries from 1100 to 1530 W. Prevenier 2. Middle Dutch literature at Court Frits van Oostrom 3. Heralds, knights and travelling Wim van Anrooij 4. The rise of urban literature in the Low countries Herman Pleij Part II. The World of Chivalry: 5. Middle Dutch Charlemagne romances and the oral tradition of the Chansons de geste Evert van den Berg and Bart Besamusca 6. The prologue to Arturs Doet, the Middle Dutch translation of La Mort le Roi Artu in the Lancelot Compilation Bart Besamusca and Orlanda S. H. Lie 7. Episodic Arthurian romances: The Roman van Walewein J. D. Janssens Part III. Reynard the Fox: 8. Words and deeds in the Middle Dutch Reynaert stories Paul Wackers Part IV. The Literature of Love: 9. Dirc Potter, a Medieval Ovid A. M. J. van Buuren 10. Hovedans: fourteenth-century dancing songs in the Rhine and Meuse area Frank Willaert Part V. Religious Literature: 11. The Saint and the world: The Middle Dutch Voyage of Saint Brendan Clara Strijbosch 12. Hadewijch: mystic poetry and courtly love J. Reynaert 13. The modern devotion and innovation in Middle Dutch literature Th. Mertens Part VI. Artes Texts: 14. A fourteenth-century vernacular poetics: Jan Van Boendale's 'How Writers should Write', with a translation into Modern English by Erik Kooper W. P. Gerritsen, H. van Dijk, Orlanda S. H. Lie and A. M. J. van Buuren 15. From food therapy to cookery book Ria Jansen-Sieben Part VII. Drama: The drama texts in the Van Hulthem manuscript H. van Dijk Appendix A. Bibliography of translations Appendix B. Chronological table Index.