Medievalists.net » Arthurian Romances http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Genre Medievalisms: Geek Goes Chic! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/genre-medievalisms-geek-goes-chic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/genre-medievalisms-geek-goes-chic/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:57:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58687 Is Cersei a collection of bad medieval stereotypes? Have nerds gone mainstream? Were American cowboys a modern retelling of the medieval knight? Put down that comic, put away your bag of dice, and indulge your inner nerd.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/feed/ 0 Which Man Would You Be in King Arthur’s Court? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/22/man-king-arthurs-court/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/22/man-king-arthurs-court/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:19:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53550 The legendary days of King Arthur were full of love and betrayal, loyalty and ambition, violence and intrigue. Which man would you have been in Arthurian times? Take the test and find out!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/18/heart-art/feed/ 0 Reflection of the Wars of the Roses in Thomas Malory`s Le Morte D`Arthur: Literary-cultural analysis http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51808 The aim of this research paper is to analyse the Morte D’Arthur and find certain historical moments incorporated in the book. Firstly, as the goal of work follows a hypothesis that Thomas Malory reflected manifold incidents from the Wars of the Roses in the Morte D’Arthur, it was inevitable to understand author’s position in this civil war, which meant investigating in the authorship.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/feed/ 0 Medieval Misogyny and Gawain’s Outburst against Women in “‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/medieval-misogyny-gawains-outburst-women-sir-gawain-green-knight/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/medieval-misogyny-gawains-outburst-women-sir-gawain-green-knight/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:08:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51806 The view has been gaining ground of late that the Gawain of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a knight renowned as 'Pat fyne fader of nurture' (1. 919) and as 'so cortays and coynt' of his 'hetes' (1. I525), degenerates at the moment of leave-taking from the Green Knight, his erstwhile host, to the level of a churl capable of abusing the ladies of that knight's household (11.2411 -28).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/medieval-misogyny-gawains-outburst-women-sir-gawain-green-knight/feed/ 0 Caught in Love’s Grip: Passion and Moral Agency in French Courtly Romance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:06:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51801 French royal courts in the late twelfth century were absolutely smitten with love. Troubadaours traveled from place to place reciting stories of knights and the ladies they wooed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/feed/ 0 A Kiss Is Just a Kiss: Heterosexuality and Its Consolations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51635 The famous line from that modern romance- "A kiss is just a kiss"- is the message the Gawain-poet gave his listeners six centuries ago.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/feed/ 0 Mordred: Treachery, Transference, and Border Pressure in British Arthurian Romance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/mordred-treachery-transference-border-pressure-british-arthurian-romance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/mordred-treachery-transference-border-pressure-british-arthurian-romance/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:29:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48238 This study focuses on the question of how Mordred comes to be portrayed as a traitor within the British Arthurian context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/mordred-treachery-transference-border-pressure-british-arthurian-romance/feed/ 0 The Prologue to Chrétien’s Erec et Enide: Key to the Alchemical San of the Romance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/the-prologue-to-chretiens-erec-et-enide-key-to-the-alchemical-san-of-the-romance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/the-prologue-to-chretiens-erec-et-enide-key-to-the-alchemical-san-of-the-romance/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 22:26:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47375 Critical consensus holds that Chrétien’s first Arthurian romance, Erec et Enide, tends toward cultural and psychological realism.

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