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…
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol By Frances Beer Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 3:2 (1981) Introduction: In the figure of the Wife…
Christian Heroism and the West Saxon Achievement: The Old English Poetic Evidence
Christian Heroism and the West Saxon Achievement: The Old English Poetic Evidence Hare, Kent G. Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) In its existing manuscript…
Unity, Genre, and Subverting the Absolute Past: The Case of Malory’s “Tournament at Surluse”
Unity, Genre, and Subverting the Absolute Past: The Case of Malory’s “Tournament at Surluse” Hordis, Sandra M. Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) Scholars examining…
“Of this I can make no sense”: Wulf and Eadwacer and the Destabilization of Meaning
“Of this I can make no sense”: Wulf and Eadwacer and the Destabilization of Meaning Donahue, James J. Medieval Forum Vol. 4 (2004)…
Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus
Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus Zaerr, Linda Marie Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) The thirteenth-century Old French Le Bel…
“The Pale and Perfect Measured Parade”: John Steinbeck’s First Draft of The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
“The Pale and Perfect Measured Parade”: John Steinbeck’s First Draft of The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Stork, Nancy Medieval…
I Alisoun, I Wife: Foucault’s Three Egos and the Wife of Bath’s Prologue
I Alisoun, I Wife: Foucault’s Three Egos and the Wife of Bath’s Prologue Baumgardner, Rachel Ann Medieval Forum Vol.5 (2006) Throughout the body…
“Turn, traitor untrew”: Altering Arthur and Mordred in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
“Turn, traitor untrew”: Altering Arthur and Mordred in the Alliterative Morte Arthure Floyd, William David Medieval Forum Vol.5 (2006) The Alliterative Morte presents…
Chaucer and the Early Church
Chaucer and the Early Church Kaiser, Melanie L. and Dean, James M. Medieval Forum Vol. 5 (2006) Although some Chaucerians have questioned the…
Howard’s Idea and the Idea of Hypertext
Howard’s Idea and the Idea of Hypertext Yager, Susan Medieval Forum Vol.6 (2007) Donald Howard’s 1976 book, The Idea of the Canterbury Tales,…
Kingship in Malory’s Morte Darthur and the Scots Lancelot of the Laik
Kingship in Malory’s Morte Darthur and the Scots Lancelot of the Laik By Kylie Murray Medieval Forum Vol. 6 (2007) Abstract King Arthur’s…
The Proverbial Heart of Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða: Mér þykkir þar heimskum manni at duga, sem þú ert
The Proverbial Heart of Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða: Mér þykkir þar heimskum manni at duga, sem þú ert By Richard L. Harris Scandinavian-Canadian Studies,…
Sir Orfeo: A Middle English Version By J.R.R. Tolkien
The article presents an edition of Sir Orfeo, first published by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1944. Sir Orfeo was a Middle English poem, first written in the late-thirteenth or early-fourteenth century.
Notes on the Presence of Boccaccio in Cristoforo Landino’s Comento sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri
Notes on the Presence of Boccaccio in Cristoforo Landino’s Comento sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri By Simon A. Gilson Italian Culture, Vol. 23…
Where were Middle Gaelic Glenn na Leóman and Inis Salutóiris?
Where were Middle Gaelic Glenn na Leóman and Inis Salutóiris? By Andrew Breeze The Innes Review, Vol. 58:1 (2007) Synopsis: Examines two pieces…
‘Lyouns Full Lothely’: Dream Interpretation and Boethian Denaturing in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
‘Lyouns Full Lothely’: Dream Interpretation and Boethian Denaturing in the Alliterative Morte Arthure By Brent Miles Arthuriana, Vol. 18:1 (2008) Abstract: The Boethian use of animals…
A Stylistic Analysis of Le Roman de Silence
A Stylistic Analysis of Le Roman de Silence By Mary Ellen Ryder and Linda Marie Zaer Arthuriana, Vol. 18:1 (2008) Abstract: Stylistic analysis can demonstrate how the Roman…
Augustinian Intrusions in the Queste del Saint Graal: Converting ‘Pagan Gold’ to Christian Currency
Augustinian Intrusions in the Queste del Saint Graal: Converting ‘Pagan Gold’ to Christian Currency By Dolores Warwick Frese Arthuriana, Vol. 18:1 (2008) Abstract: Galahad’s literary debut in…
Antar, an Islamic Counterpoint to Roland
Antar, an Islamic Counterpoint to Roland By Barbara Stevenson SMART: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, Vol. 10:1 (2003) Synopsis: Examines how to…
The Cantar de Mio Cid: A Morphological-Syntagmatic Analysis of the Exile of the Cid
The Cantar de Mio Cid: A Morphological-Syntagmatic Analysis of the Exile of the Cid By Jack J. Himelblau eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies, vol.6…
Rethinking the Arthurian Legend Transmission in the Iberian Peninsula
Rethinking the Arthurian Legend Transmission in the Iberian Peninsula By J. Conde de Lindquist eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies vol.7 (2006) Click here to…
Legal Fictions: Literature and Law in Grisel y Mirabella
The plot of Grisel y Mirabella is relatively simple. A Scottish king has but one child, a daughter, Mirabella. Although she has many noble suitors, her father refuses to allow her to marry. Because her beauty causes conflicts between knights and nobles, the king imprisons her in a tower to prevent her suitors from killing each other.
Portuguese Crypto-Jewish Ballads: A Passagem do Mar Vermelho and A Pedra Mara
Some New Christians managed to escape abroad, founding Jewish communities in Bordeaux, London, Amsterdam, and other cities (Azevedo 359-430). With the union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns (1580-1640), the number of those who moved to Spain and its American colonies was so great that the word “Portuguese” became practically synonymous with “Jew.”