Medievalists.net » Chansons de Geste http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Imagining Islam: The Role of Images in Medieval Depictions of Muslims http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/imagining-islam-the-role-of-images-in-medieval-depictions-of-muslims/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/imagining-islam-the-role-of-images-in-medieval-depictions-of-muslims/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:02:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57413 Instead, one finds accurate, even rather compassionate accounts of Islamic theology side by side with bizarre, antagonistic, and even hateful depictions of Muslims and their belief.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/imagining-islam-the-role-of-images-in-medieval-depictions-of-muslims/feed/ 0 Kissing Cousins: Incest and Sex Change in Tristan de Nanteuil http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:52:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51665 In this paper I re-examine Blanchandine‘s sex change in light of its relation to the issue of incest; as I will show, incest is directly related to the sex change and also punctuates the narrative at other points. Tristan de Nanteuil depicts two sexual and/or romantic relationships between cousins...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/feed/ 0 Impregnable friendship : locating desire in the middle English ‘Amis and Amiloun’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42320 Scholarship on Amis and Amiloun has generally been divided into two critical schools. The majority of critics have read the work as an exemplar of perfect friendship, overlooking (or ignoring) any trace of homoeroticism, citing the possibility itself as anachronistic, or explaining away its presence by offering historical or theoretical justification for intimacy among medieval men.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/feed/ 0 A Question of Truth: Barbour’s Bruce, Hary’s Wallace and Richard Coer de Lion http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:04:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36486 Tempting though it is to assume that these poems are simply peculiarly Scots, to do so denies them their place in British literature. A survey of English romances, moreover, reveals what appears to be an English equivalent: Richard Coer de Lion. It is also a hybrid poem about a recent king and military leader.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/feed/ 0 The Prince and the Poet http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/the-prince-and-the-poet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/the-prince-and-the-poet/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:17:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33287 In this essay, I will discuss the historical importance of panegyric poetry as a performative act, representing a component of a lord's self-perception. I will limit myself, for the sake of time and for the sake of presenting a clear picture, to the poetry of the age of the Gogynfeirdd or not-so-early poets (about 1100 to 1282), representing the strongest tradition of patronage of poetry and a period of increased Welsh political independence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/the-prince-and-the-poet/feed/ 0 Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:25:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26282 Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste Patrice Marquand (European University of Brittany) Published Online (2009) Abstract This paper is a summary, an overview of my thesis in progress which deals particularly with the spreading of the Matter of Britain […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/feed/ 0 Was there Really Such a Thing as Feud in the High Middle Ages? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/28/was-there-really-such-a-thing-as-feud-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/28/was-there-really-such-a-thing-as-feud-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:20:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25966 The pull toward the taking of personal vengeance is at least as evident in the medieval West as at other times and in other places. It is, indeed, a staple theme of entertainment literature.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/28/was-there-really-such-a-thing-as-feud-in-the-high-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Odo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/odo-of-bayeux-at-war-linking-the-bayeux-tapestry-and-%e2%80%9cthe-song-of-roland%e2%80%9d/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/odo-of-bayeux-at-war-linking-the-bayeux-tapestry-and-%e2%80%9cthe-song-of-roland%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:06:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25377 Odo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland” Jameson, Carl (University of Delaware) Thesis: B.A., University of Delaware, Spring (2009) Abstract In 1066 England was conquered by Duke William of Normandy, and during the next ten years a magnificent work of art was created to glorify the conquest: the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/odo-of-bayeux-at-war-linking-the-bayeux-tapestry-and-%e2%80%9cthe-song-of-roland%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 The Politics of Land Inheritance as Represented in Raoul of Cambrai http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/the-politics-of-land-inheritance-as-represented-in-raoul-of-cambrai/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/the-politics-of-land-inheritance-as-represented-in-raoul-of-cambrai/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24965 The Politics of Land Inheritance as Represented in Raoul of Cambrai Imrie, Laura University of Guelph: 2010 Student Research Papers Abstract The twelfth century chanson de geste, Raoul of Cambrai, serves as a political commentary on land inheritance, depicting the lack of leadership and legal protection present at this time in France. This poem represented […]

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