Medievalists.net » Marie de France http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Three Fairy Tale Romances for Valentine’s Day http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/three-fairy-tale-romances-valentines-day/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/three-fairy-tale-romances-valentines-day/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:05:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56094 What is Valentine’s Day without a little fairy tale romance? For your Valentine’s Day enjoyment, here are three medieval romances involving fairies.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/three-fairy-tale-romances-valentines-day/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 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 Estreitement bende: Marie de France’s Guigemar and the erotics of tight dress http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/08/estreitement-bende-marie-de-frances-guigemar-and-the-erotics-of-tight-dress/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/08/estreitement-bende-marie-de-frances-guigemar-and-the-erotics-of-tight-dress/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2014 01:07:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46486 This article examines the change in women's fashion that occurred during the 12th century. Garments went from loose and flowing to tightly fitted, featuring belts and laces. The author examines this cultural change through the romance stories complied in the "Lais" of Marie de France, specifically one featuring the character of Guigemar.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/08/estreitement-bende-marie-de-frances-guigemar-and-the-erotics-of-tight-dress/feed/ 0 Chaucer’s Arthuriana http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/chaucers-arthuriana/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/chaucers-arthuriana/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:58:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39944 The majority of medieval scholars, including Roger Sherman Loomis, argue that the popularity of the Arthurian legend in England was therefore on the wane in the latter half of the fourteenth century; as a result, the major writers of the period, such as John Gower and Geoffrey Chaucer, refrained from penning anything beyond the occasional reference to King Arthur and his court.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/chaucers-arthuriana/feed/ 0 Speculations on the Celtic Origins of Marie de France’s ‘Eliduc’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/04/speculations-on-the-celtic-origins-of-marie-de-frances-eliduc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/04/speculations-on-the-celtic-origins-of-marie-de-frances-eliduc/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:10:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39578 The basic plot of the story is fantastic. A good and loyal knight is in exile from his own country, France, and offers his services to a king in England. There he falls in love with the princess even though he has a loyal and loving wife at home....

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/04/speculations-on-the-celtic-origins-of-marie-de-frances-eliduc/feed/ 0 Lay Writers and the Politics of Theology in Medieval England From the Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/lay-writers-and-the-politics-of-theology-in-medieval-england-from-the-twelfth-to-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/lay-writers-and-the-politics-of-theology-in-medieval-england-from-the-twelfth-to-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:41:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38506 My intention is not to continue the discourse on such practices but to analyze narrative content in relation to the politics of theology that had an impact on lay writers and their artistic creativity concerning the search for selfhood from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/lay-writers-and-the-politics-of-theology-in-medieval-england-from-the-twelfth-to-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0 Monstrous transformations: loyalty and community in four medieval poems http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/monstrous-transformations-loyalty-and-community-in-four-medieval-poems/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/monstrous-transformations-loyalty-and-community-in-four-medieval-poems/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:35:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35884 I will examine two forms of transformation, the werewolf transformation and the monstrous human transformation, both of which feature shape shifters who presumably cannot be trusted

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/monstrous-transformations-loyalty-and-community-in-four-medieval-poems/feed/ 0 The Werewolf Pride Movement: A Step Back from Queer Medieval Tradition http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/20/the-werewolf-pride-movement-a-step-back-from-queer-medieval-tradition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/20/the-werewolf-pride-movement-a-step-back-from-queer-medieval-tradition/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:44:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35825 Werewolf texts fiom the Middle Ages -- namely, the early thirteenth-century romance, William of Palerne, and Marie de France's early twelfth-century lay, 'Bisclavret' -- suggest that the curse of fur might, after all, be a blessing to the individual dissatisfied with his or her place in society

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/20/the-werewolf-pride-movement-a-step-back-from-queer-medieval-tradition/feed/ 0 Triangles of the Sacred Sisterhood http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/triangles-of-the-sacred-sisterhood/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/triangles-of-the-sacred-sisterhood/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:19:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34937 In courtly works, the resolution is generally in favour of the status quo as a courtly adulterous affair rarely works out, while in the fabliau the marriage is generally left intact, although a deceitful wife may be given carte blanche to philander.

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