The Skull and Bones in Egils Saga: A Viking, A Grave, and Paget’s Disease
Both a literary creation and a historical figure, Egill is an intriguing character about whom
to raise the long perplexing question of saga veracity
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie]
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie], by Geoffrey of Monmouth…
Cosmic Foreordination and Human Commitment: The Tragic Volition in Three Kingdoms
Cosmic Foreordination and Human Commitment: The Tragic Volition in Three Kingdoms By Constantine Tung Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture, edited by Kimberly Besio…
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture Edited by Kimberly Besio and Constantine Tung State University of New York Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7914-7011-4 A multi-disciplinary…
Thou Shalt Not: The Mitigation of Adultery and Its Implications in Dante’s Inferno and Boccaccio’s Decameron
Thou Shalt Not: The Mitigation of Adultery and Its Implications in Dante’s Inferno and Boccaccio’s Decameron By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction:…
“I do not wish to be called auctour, but the pore compilatour”: the plight of the medieval vernacular poet
“I do not wish to be called auctour, but the pore compilatour”: the plight of the medieval vernacular poet By Graham D. Caie Miscelanea:…
The Idea of the Renaissance, Revisited
The idea of the Renaissance as a historical period was first formulated by Jacob
Burckhardt in his book Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1860). In this lecture I want to review some of the many directions taken by Renaissance studies since then, and to make some suggestions for future work.
Sacred Images in a Secular Text: the Case of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles
Sacred Images in a Secular Text: the Case of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles By Edgar de Blieck Histoire, Images, Imaginaire, edited by Pascal Dupuy (University of…
Shame Culture or Guilt Culture: The Evidence of the French Fabliaux
Shame Culture or Guilt Culture: The Evidence of the French Fabliau By Ellen W. Eaton PhD dissertation, University of Toronto, 2000 Abstract: Many literary critics…
Obscene Onomastics in Medieval Trickster Tales
Obscene Onomastics in Medieval Trickster Tales By Louise O. Vasvári Destiempos: Revista de curiosidad cultural, no.15 (2008) Introduction: Names or nicknames of tricksters, who often…
“Now the First Stone Is Set”: Christine de Pisan and the Colonial City
“Now the First Stone Is Set”: Christine de Pisan and the Colonial City Kane, Stuart A. Comitatus Vol.29 (1998) Introduction Christine de Pisan’s…
“The Minstrel’s Song Of Silence”: The Construction of Masculine Authority And The Feminized Other In The Romance Sir Orfeo
“The Minstrel’s Song Of Silence”: The Construction of Masculine Authority And The Feminized Other In The Romance Sir Orfeo Carlson, Christina M. Comitatus…
“Mit grôzen listen wart gestalt”: The Element of List in Thirteenth-Century Courtly Romances, with Emphasis on Heinrich Von Dem Türlin’s Diu Crône
“Mit grôzen listen wart gestalt”: The Element of List in Thirteenth-Century Courtly Romances, with Emphasis on Heinrich Von Dem Türlin’s Diu Crône Shockey,…
Personae, Same-Sex Desire, and Salvation in the Poetry of Marbod of Rennes, Baudri of Bourgueil, and Hildebert of Lavardin
Personae, Same-Sex Desire, and Salvation in the Poetry of Marbod of Rennes, Baudri of Bourgueil, and Hildebert of Lavardin Pugh, Tison Comitatus Vol.31…
Cynewulf the Poet, Alfred the King, and the Nature of Anglo-Saxon Duty
Cynewulf the Poet, Alfred the King, and the Nature of Anglo-Saxon Duty Schlosser, Donna Comitatus Vol.31 (2000) Introduction: Whether he composed his verse…
Truth, Translation, and the Troy Book Women
Truth, Translation, and the Troy Book Women Shutters, Lynne Comitatus Vol.32 (2001) Introduction When one thinks of the great writers of Middle English…
The Warrener’s Tale
The Warrener’s Tale Schragg, E.D. Medieval Forum Vol.1 (2002) Abstract Choosing the Haberdasher to tell the next tale, Harry Bailey fails to reestablish…
Imperfect Heroes and the Consolations of Boethius
Imperfect Heroes and the Consolations of Boethius Camarda, Peter F. Medieval Forum Vol.1 (2002) Abstract This paper examines an ambiguity in Chaucer’s vision…
The Vulnerable Body of Havelok the Dane
The Vulnerable Body of Havelok the Dane Crawford, Donna Medieval Forum Vol. 1 (2002) Abstract The Middle English verse romance Havelok the Dane…
Rethinking Marie
Rethinking Marie Hazell, Dinah Medieval ForumI Vol.2 (2003) Abstract Marie de France is traditionally associated with the English court of Henry II and…
Emaré’s Fabulous Robe: The Ambiguity of Power in a Late Medieval Romance
Emaré’s Fabulous Robe: The Ambiguity of Power in a Late Medieval Romance Li-ju Tsai, Christine Medieval Forum Vol.3 (2003) Abstract This article examines…
Anger with God and Man: The Social Contexts of Melibee’s Anger
Anger with God and Man: The Social Contexts of Melibee’s Anger Griffith, John L. Medieval Forum Vol.3 (2003) Abstract Among modern critics, the…
Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas
Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas Sayers, William Medieval Forum Vol.3 (2003) Abstract Icelandic biographies of tenth- and eleventh-century poets are…
Merry Married Brothers: Wedded Friendship, Lovers’ Language and Male Matrimonials in Two Middle English Romances
Merry Married Brothers: Wedded Friendship, Lovers’ Language and Male Matrimonials in Two Middle English Romances Ford, John C. Medieval Forum Vol. 3 (2003)…
Conception Through Infancy in Medieval English Historical and Folklore Sources
Conception Through Infancy in Medieval English Historical and Folklore Sources By Barbara Hanawalt Folklore Forum, Vol. 13:2 (1980) Synopsis: Uses coroners rolls, a…