Teaching Medieval French Language and Culture through Digital Gameplay

Jacob Abell is Assistant Professor of French at Baylor University and author of Spiritual and Material Boundaries in Old French Verse: Contemplating the Walls of the Earthly Paradise (2023). His research focuses on medieval literature and the environmental humanities.  Lynn Ramey is Professor of French and of Cinema and Media Arts at Vanderbilt University. Her most recent book is Engagements with Literary Gaming (2026), co-authored with Tison Pugh. Her teaching and research centre on medieval culture, game studies, and digital humanities.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. From Parchment to the Screen: Adapting the Anglo-Norman Voyage of BrendanChapter 2. Language Goals: Using Modern Language Pedagogies to Teach Medieval FrenchChapter 3. Rendering the Middle Ages: Digital Project Design and Game DevelopmentChapter 4. Video Games as a Return to Medieval Sources: Exploring the Literary and Digital Otters of the Anglo-Norman Voyage of Brendan and Brendan’s VoyageChapter 5. Whither Brendan’s Voyage? Toward a Theory of Medievalism as Productive LimitationAppendix. Student Experience SurveyBibliographyIndex