Medievalists.net » Malory 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 Malory’s Arthur and the Politics of Chivalry http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/malorys-arthur-and-the-politics-of-chivalry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/malorys-arthur-and-the-politics-of-chivalry/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:13:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60660 The jury is back and the verdict is in. In Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, a major reason the Round Table falls is that its political apparatus and the chivalric ethos in which that apparatus is grounded are inadequate for maintaining a stable kingdom.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/malorys-arthur-and-the-politics-of-chivalry/feed/ 0 Epic (and Not-So-Epic) Names from Mallory http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/epic-and-not-so-epic-names-from-mallory/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/epic-and-not-so-epic-names-from-mallory/#comments Thu, 07 May 2015 17:26:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58120 Looking for a name for your avatar? Look no further! Everyone knows Lancelot and Gawain, but here are some lesser-known names from one of my favourite books: Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte D’Arthur.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/epic-and-not-so-epic-names-from-mallory/feed/ 0 Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53829 This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/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 Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49581 Examining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/feed/ 0 Depictions of the Scots in the Arthurian Legend http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/depictions-of-the-scots-in-the-arthurian-legend/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/depictions-of-the-scots-in-the-arthurian-legend/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:40:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46897 Depictions of the Scots in the Arthurian Legend Diana Jefferies Journal of the Sydney Society for Scottish History: Vol 14 (2013) Abstract This paper will explore how motifs of Scotland and Scottishness are portrayed in medieval versions of the Arthurian Legend. I will discuss how the context of what is alleged to be the first […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/depictions-of-the-scots-in-the-arthurian-legend/feed/ 0 Lancelot Can Keep His T-Shirt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/lancelot-can-keep-his-t-shirt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/lancelot-can-keep-his-t-shirt/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:50:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46292 If t-shirts had been all the rage in the Middle Ages, you can bet there would have been 'Team Lancelot' ones selling like hotcakes. You can also bet that I wouldn't have owned one.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/lancelot-can-keep-his-t-shirt/feed/ 0 The Development of Arthurian Legends http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/the-development-of-arthurian-legends/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/the-development-of-arthurian-legends/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2013 16:34:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45177 King Arthur is a well known character of literature and film, and any person on the street could probably recall many aspects of his story. However, the story that so many people know and love is the result of hundreds of years of transformation and manipulation of a legend. It did not begin with much grandiosity or with very much background information.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/the-development-of-arthurian-legends/feed/ 0 An Examination of the Family in ‘The Tale of Sir Gareth’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/27/an-examination-of-the-family-in-the-tale-of-sir-gareth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/27/an-examination-of-the-family-in-the-tale-of-sir-gareth/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:20:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43869 This thesis investigates the theme of family interactions within Malory‘s ―Tale of Sir Gareth,‖ examining the tale itself as well as looking at several analogous Fair Unknown stories in order to determine if the theme is Malory‘s own or if it could have come from a probable source.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/27/an-examination-of-the-family-in-the-tale-of-sir-gareth/feed/ 0 Mapping Scottish Identity in the Roman de Fergus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/mapping-scottish-identity-in-the-roman-de-fergus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/mapping-scottish-identity-in-the-roman-de-fergus/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:40:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42337 In the Roman de Fergus, a thirteenth-century verse romance in Old French, Guillaume le Clerc considers the consequences of Arthur’s assimilationist expansionism with a more focused attention to cultural difference and personal identity, again centered on the experience of a knight from Galloway, the eponymous

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