Riding the Horse, Writing the Cultural Myth: The European Knight and the American Cowboy as Equestrian Heroes
Riding the Horse, Writing the Cultural Myth: The European Knight and the American Cowboy as Equestrian Heroes By Metin Boşnak and Cem Ceyhan…
Not Quite One of the Guys: Pantysyllya as Virgin Warrior in Lydgate’s Troy Book
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Christian Values and Noble Ideas of Rank and their Consequences on Symbolic Acts
Christian Values and Noble Ideas of Rank and their Consequences on Symbolic Acts By Gerd Althoff e-Spania, Vol.4 (2007) Abstract: In the Middle…
The Late Twelfth-Century Knightly Ethic in North-Western Europe in Life and in Literature
The Late Twelfth-Century Knightly Ethic in North-Western Europe in Life and in Literature By Ayşegül Keskin Master’s Thesis, Bilkent University, 2008 Abstract: By…
The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville?
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Bounds of Imagination:Grail Questing and Chivalric Colonizing in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
Bounds of Imagination:Grail Questing and Chivalric Colonizing in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival Hasty, Will The Grail, the Quest and the World of Arthur, ed.…
Courtly Love and the Representation of Women in the Lais of Marie de France and the Coutumes de Beauvaisis of Philippe de Beaumanoir
This interdisciplinary, cultural perspective on the relation of courtly love and the representation of women in Marie de France’s Lais puts the discourse of courtly love and its image of women in the Lais into a dialogue with the historical representation of women in the Coutumes de Beauvaisis
The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville?
Joinville’s Vie de Saint Louis is, in the least, a touching account of a hard campaign in the East, and the humanity and sanctity of a king.
The Setting of the Tournament in Chrétien de Troyes and its Historical Actuality
But in Chrétien’s time there were already tournaments. From c.1160 to c.1190, when he would have written the five romances we know today, he was also witnessing the flourishing of a tournament circuit that was bringing the lords from the Anglo-French world together into a premier league of knightly teams.
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages By Miguel Vicente Pedraz and Juan Rodríguez…
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin Ashurst, David Saga-Book (2002) Abstract The focus of this article will be on…
A New Reason For Chivalry: A look at domestic violence in King Arthur’s family
A New Reason For Chivalry: A look at domestic violence in King Arthur’s family By Rachel Campbell Published Online (2004) Introduction: When most…
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst By Lisa Perfetti Chapter 4…
The Medieval Tournament: Chivalry, Heraldry and Reality. An Edition and Analysis of Three Fifteenth-Century Tournament Manuscripts
The contents of the codex are an exceptional primary source for the study of the chivalric culture of late-medieval Burgundy, England, and France. They include challenges to, and narratives of, combat involving influential courtiers such as Anthony Woodville, Lord Scales, brother-in-law of Edward IV, and Antoine, the Great Bastard of Burgundy, an illegitimate son of Duke Philip the Good. There is an account of a deadly combat at Tours in February 1446/7 which is vividly illustrated with eight miniatures.
Chivalry in Malory: A Look at the Inconsistencies of Lancelot, Gareth, and Tristram in Le Morte d’Arthur
Chivalry in Malory: A Look at the Inconsistencies of Lancelot, Gareth, and Tristram in Le Morte d’Arthur Beals, Natalie Honours Thesis, Liberty University…
Between Mars and Venus: balance and excess in the chivalry of the late-medieval English romance
Between Mars and Venus: balance and excess in the chivalry of the late-medieval English romance By Ilan Mitchell-Smith PhD Dissertation, Texas A&M University,…
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews Rush, Timothy EIR Strategic Studies, April 1 (2005) Abstract The essential conflict between Europe and…
The Occasion of the Morte Arthure: Textual History and Marginal Decoration in the Thornton MS
The Occasion of the Morte Arthure: Textual History and Marginal Decoration in the Thornton MS Crofts, Thomas Howard Arthuriana 20.2 (2010) Abstract The physical…
Friendly Fire: The Disastrous Politics of Friendship in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
Friendly Fire: The Disastrous Politics of Friendship in the Alliterative Morte Arthure Chism, Christine Arthuriana 20.2 (2010) Abstract This article counterposes the Alliterative Morte…
Theory, practice and chivalric identity : the French contribution to the later crusades
Theory, practice and chivalric identity : the French contribution to the later crusades Savinetskaya, Irina MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University, May (2009)…
Glamour, money and love affairs Jehan de Saintre and the decline of chivalry
Glamour, money and love affairs Jehan de Saintre and the decline of chivalry Iuliana Ilie, Ancuta MA Thesis in Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest,…
Bullish on Love and Adventure: Chivalry as Speculation in the German Arthurian Romances
Bullish on Love and Adventure: Chivalry as Speculation in the German Arthurian Romances Hasty, Will Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract Adventure and love are speculative…
Arthuriana and the Limits of C.S. Lewis’ Ariosto Marginalia
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The Experience of Civilian Populations during the Hundred Years War in France 1330-1440
From that time on all went ill with the kingdom and the state was undone. Thieves and robbers rose up everywhere in the land. The nobles despised and hated all others and took no thought for the mutual usefulness and profit of lord and men.
On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375
On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375 By Juha Heinänen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: German nobility in 14th…