Medievalists.net » Spectacles http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Road to Richard: The Reburial of the Last Plantagenet http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57060 While there have been outcries over the pomp and circumstance surrounding Richard’s extravagant burial, there has also been a renewed sense of pride and upswing in popularity for this much maligned monarch.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/feed/ 0 Conversion on the Scaffold: Italian Practices in European Context http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/conversion-scaffold-italian-practices-european-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/conversion-scaffold-italian-practices-european-context/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:05:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52049 11 January 1581 was a fine day in Rome. That morning, Michel de Montaigne, recently arrived in the city, had gone out on horseback when he encountered a procession accompanying a condemned man to execution. Montaigne stopped to watch the sight.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/conversion-scaffold-italian-practices-european-context/feed/ 0 The Physicality of Service in German Ideas of Knighthood, c.1200-1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/physicality-service-german-ideas-knighthood-c-1200-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/physicality-service-german-ideas-knighthood-c-1200-1500/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:52:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51660 Jörg’s memoir is a particularly informative example of how one knight understood his own calling to knighthood and his practice of it. The medieval knight had a voice, and although precious few memoirs like Jörg’s exist, knightly perspectives inform a considerable breadth of primary materials.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/physicality-service-german-ideas-knighthood-c-1200-1500/feed/ 0 MOVIE REVIEW: ‘A Knight’s Tale’ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/19/movie-review-knights-tale/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/19/movie-review-knights-tale/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 10:36:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49690 Staying home on a Sunday night? Looking for a fun medieval movie to watch? Here is my review of 'A Knight's Tale' for your Sunday night selection!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/19/movie-review-knights-tale/feed/ 0 Badia Burning: The Spectacle of Violence in 14th-century Tuscany http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/17/badia-burning-spectacle-violence-14th-century-tuscany/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/17/badia-burning-spectacle-violence-14th-century-tuscany/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:23:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48355 The theme of this paper is the use of ecclesiastical properties as sites of theatrical violence, and violence as a major element in the complex discourse between powerful rural lords and the Florentine commune.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/17/badia-burning-spectacle-violence-14th-century-tuscany/feed/ 0 Charisma and Routine: Shaping the Memory of Brother Richard and Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:04:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44542 Charisma and Routine: Shaping the Memory of Brother Richard and Joan of Arc Andrew Brown (School of Humanities, Massey University, New Zealand) Religions, 2012, 3(4), 1162-1179 Abstract The extraordinary life and fate of Joan of Arc are well known; so is her association with the prophetic preacher, Brother Richard, who predicted the Apocalypse. Less well explained is why […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 Taking (and Giving) Blows: Patterns of Violence and Spectacle in Le Mystère de Saint Martin (1496) http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/taking-and-giving-blows-patterns-of-violence-and-spectacle-in-le-mystere-de-saint-martin-1496/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/taking-and-giving-blows-patterns-of-violence-and-spectacle-in-le-mystere-de-saint-martin-1496/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 02:24:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43009 What I would like to do here is examine the passages of violence and other bits of scenography, moving from the macro to the micro level and back again, over the three- day play. With 260 rubrics (stage directions) embodied in the text, a manuscript nearly contemporaneous with the performance itself, we have a unique opportunity to visualize much of the action on stage.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/taking-and-giving-blows-patterns-of-violence-and-spectacle-in-le-mystere-de-saint-martin-1496/feed/ 0 The Symbolic Meaning of Sword and Palio in Late Medieval and Early Modern Ritual Entries: The Case of Seville http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/16/the-symbolic-meaning-of-sword-and-palio-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-ritual-entries-the-case-of-seville/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/16/the-symbolic-meaning-of-sword-and-palio-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-ritual-entries-the-case-of-seville/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:40:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40568 If I have spend some time establishing the semantic field in which these terms appear, it is because I wish to emphasize the malleability of concepts such as symbols and rituals, particularly when applied to the articulation of powers Moreover, these meanings and intents depend often on the context, temporal and geographical location.

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