La méthode de David Aubert Répétition et création dans les Croniques et Conquestes de Charlemaine

David Aubert’s Croniques et Conquestes de Charlemaine are a collection of texts about emperor Charles the Great. Since repetition features prominently in this genre, one may ask in which ways creation can find its place. The practice of reusing pre-existing elements restricts the inventio, but creation was not limited to the free space left by dispositio. The Doon de Maïence provides a perfect example in this connection: David Aubert creates in spite of genre constraints by playing on repetition, accepting and even pursuing it.