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Contents Introduction I I Alliterative Romance: Improvising Tradition I4 2 St. Erkenwald and the Body in Question 4I 3 Heady Diversions: Court and Province in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 66 4 Geography and Genealogy in The Wan ofAlexander III 5 Profiting from Precursors in The Siege ofjerusalem I55 6 King Takes Knight: Signifying War in the Alliterative Marte Arthure I89 7 Grave Misgivings in De Tribus &gibus Mortuis, The Awntyn offArthure, and Somer Sunday 237 8 Conclusion: The Body in Question-Again 265 Notes 269 Bibliography 299 Index 3I7 Acknowledgments 329 This page intentionally left blank ...

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