LA CRÉATION DU LIEN MATRIMONIAL DANS RAOUL DE CAMBRAI. LE CAS DE BERNIER ET BÉATRICE.

THE CREATION OF THE MATRIMONIAL LINK IN RAOUL DE CAMBRAI. THE CASE OF BERNIER AND BEATRICE Within the framework offered to us by Professor Craig Baker during his seminar of French medieval texts, this article attempts to tackle and confront the song of Raoul de Cambrai with the theme of marriage by focusing on the question of its formation, from the time of the events supposed to be related by the song (end of the Frankish period, towards IXe century) to the period of its composition (the middle of feudal times, around the twelfth century). This study, which includes an introduction (I) and a conclusion (III), therefore focuses on the analysis of what specialists call «the formation» of the matrimony link (II). More specifically, after studying the developments proposed in the text of the song on the construction of this link between Bernier and Beatrice (A), the article strives to understand how it developed between the ninth and the end. of the twelfth century (B) in order to be able to appreciate the specificity of the work in its time and to establish the extent to which it could influence the presentation made by the narrative of the previous events (C). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]