In monasteries and cathedrals of the medieval West, the « custos librariae » functioned primarily as a custodian or keeper of bound codices, and we see a similar role emerge from extant medieval registers from Breton cathedral chapters.
The Librarius and Libraire as Witnesses to the Evolving Book Trade in Ducal Brittany
October 7, 2012 By
Saints and sinners in the works of Marie de France
June 3, 2012 By
What was Marie trying to share with her twelfth century audience when she wrote The Lais?
The Court of Beast and Bough: Contesting the Medieval English Forest in the Early Robin Hood Ballads
May 6, 2012 By
The medieval English forest has long been a space of contested legal meanings. After King William I first created the 75,000-acre New Forest, the English monarchy sought to define the vert, both legally and ideologically, as a multiplicity of sites in which the king’s rights were vigorously enforced.
Inter-frontal Cooperation in the Fourteenth Century and Edward III’s 1346 Campaign
November 27, 2011 By
In this article I will endeavour to fill this gap, and examine to what extent medieval commanders campaigning on different fronts could have cooperated with each other in pursuit of a common plan, and what was the potential importance of such cooperation.
Displacement and redemption in the Lais of Marie de France
September 18, 2011 By
Displacement and redemption in the Lais of Marie de France Dunkel, Sharon Lynn M.A. Thesis (French), University of British Columbia, April (1988) Abstract In the endless cycle of life and death, the issues of love and marriage are a constant and recurrent theme of literature. The man, as a foreigner, comes to court the woman […]
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