Medievalists.net » Tristan and Isolde 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 Movie Review: Tristan and Isolde http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/13/movie-review-tristan-and-isolde/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/13/movie-review-tristan-and-isolde/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:35:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60367 As far as medieval movies go, Tristan and Isolde definitely isn’t the worst I’ve seen. I was looking for a movie to watch after work, and I thought, hey, James Franco, Sophia Moyles, Henry Cavill, and Rufus Sewell, all directed by Ridley Scott?! - this can’t be that bad. Well, it was pretty bad, but it wasn’t the worst 2 hours of my life. So what went wrong?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/01/tristan-and-isolde-a-medieval-story-of-love-and-betrayal/feed/ 0 The Isles of Scilly, Lost Peaks of Lyonesse? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/the-isles-of-scilly-lost-peaks-of-lyonesse/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/the-isles-of-scilly-lost-peaks-of-lyonesse/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:46:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46296 Twenty-eight miles off the coast of Cornwall, the Scilly Isles rise above the waves of the Atlantic.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/02/the-isles-of-scilly-lost-peaks-of-lyonesse/feed/ 0 Chivalry, Adultery, Ambiguity: The Image of Tristan and Isolde in Medieval Art http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/chivalry-adultery-ambiguity-the-image-of-tristan-and-isolde-in-medieval-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/chivalry-adultery-ambiguity-the-image-of-tristan-and-isolde-in-medieval-art/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:14:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29380 Tristan and Isolde is an Arthurian legend, the origins of which predate Arthur’s Roundtable. Scholars generally agree that the story of Tristan and Isolde is Celtic in origin.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/chivalry-adultery-ambiguity-the-image-of-tristan-and-isolde-in-medieval-art/feed/ 0 The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/08/the-transformation-of-homosexual-liebestod-in-sagas-translated-from-latin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/08/the-transformation-of-homosexual-liebestod-in-sagas-translated-from-latin/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20621 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 series of texts in which one warrior dies clasping the body of a fallen comrade; but before concentrating on that theme I must explain the term liebestod, ëlove- deathí, and its […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/08/the-transformation-of-homosexual-liebestod-in-sagas-translated-from-latin/feed/ 0 Unwanted Husbands and Adultery: Medieval Marriage in the Twelfth-Century Tristan and Isolde Legend http://www.medievalists.net/2009/02/16/unwanted-husbands-and-adultery-medieval-marriage-in-the-twelfth-century-tristan-and-isolde-legend/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/02/16/unwanted-husbands-and-adultery-medieval-marriage-in-the-twelfth-century-tristan-and-isolde-legend/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:03:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=2412 This thesis discusses the evidence provided by late twelfth-century and early thirteenth-century romances on medieval marriage.

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