Troubling Gender and Genre in The Trials & Joys of Marriage
Troubling Gender and Genre in The Trials & Joys of Marriage Salisbury, Eve Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, vol. 11 (2003) No.…
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence By Jean-Pierre Devroey Past and Present, No. 166. (2000) Introduction: ‘The…
So Many Tales Untold : Eloquent Silences in the Old English Canon
Sometimes the literature of the Old English period is read against a rather too simple historical frame, largely based on Bede. It is important to recall how exceptional the surviving record is, whether documentary or literary, and how many stories and names have been lost forever.
Attire in Ammianus and Gregory of Tours
The fourth century historian of the Roman Empire, Ammianus Marcellinus, focuses on attire and accessories that signify high rank, status and authority.
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT Adams, Geoff W. Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7…
Queer Relations
Queer Relations Dinshaw, Carolyn Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999) Abstract This paper draws on materials from my book, Getting Medieval: Sexualities…
Places to Play: Topographies of Gender in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
Places to Play:Topographies of Gender in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan Sterling-Hellenbrand, Alexandra Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999) Abstract In the latter…
Adultery and Kingship in Marie de France’s Equitan
In medieval French literature, the conventional plot of courtly love focuses on the figure of the queen.
Gaimar’s Rebels: Outlaw Heroes and the Creation of Authority in Twelfth-Century England
Gaimar’s Rebels:Outlaw Heroes and the Creation of Authority in Twelfth-Century England Zatta, Jane Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999) Abstract Located at…
Warriors, Wyrms, and Wyrd: The Paradoxical Fate of the Germanic Hero/King in Beowulf
Warriors, Wyrms, and Wyrd: The Paradoxical Fate of the Germanic Hero/King in Beowulf Wanner, Kevin J. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999)…
The Implications of Exclusion: The Regulation of Churching in Medieval Northern France
The Implications of Exclusion: The Regulation of Churching in Medieval Northern France Rieder, Paula M. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Community of Readers and the Romances of Chivalry
A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Community of Readers and the Romances of Chivalry Allaire, Gloria Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract A persistent…
The dialectics of expansion and retraction: recent scholarship on the Palaiologan aristocracy
The dialectics of expansion and retraction: recent scholarship on the Palaiologan aristocracy By Dionysios Stathakopoulos Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 33 No. 1…
Piers’s Good Will: Langland’s Politics of Reform and Inheritance in the C-Text
Piers’s Good Will: Langland’s Politics of Reform and Inheritance in the C-Text Drout, Michael D. C. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 13 (1996)…
Aquinas on the Practice of Prostitution
The main question that arises concerns his position on the social toleration of prostitution, given his strong view on the morality of it.
Beating the Bounds Between Church and State: Official Do cuments in the Literary Imagination
Beating the Bounds Between Church and State: Official Documents in the Literary Imagination Davis, Bryan P. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 13 (1996)…
Attempree diete was al hir phisik: The Medieval Application of Medical Theory to Feasting
Attempree diete was al hir phisik: The Medieval Application of Medical Theory to Feasting Burkholder, Kristen M. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 13…
Coronation as Legible Practice
Coronation as Legible Practice Strohm, Paul Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 13 (1996) Abstract We medievalists are more complacent about our crossdisciplinarity than…
The Good Upbringing of Ramon Llull’s Blanquerna: Appropriation and Misrecognition as Social Reproduction
The Good Upbringing of Ramon Llull’s Blanquerna: Appropriation and Misrecognition as Social Reproduction Johnston, Mark D. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995)…
Family Strategies in Medieval London: Financial Planning and the Urban Widow, 1123-1473
Family Strategies in Medieval London: Financial Planning and the Urban Widow, 1123-1473 Steuer, Susan M. B. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995)…
My Family First: Draft-dodging Parents in the Confessio Amantis
My Family First: Draft-dodging Parents in the Confessio Amantis Kiefer, Lauren Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995) Abstract John Gower’s Confessio Amantis…
Chaucer’s Missing Children
Chaucer’s Missing Children Cowgill, Jane Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995) Abstract The difficulty with an exploration of the role of children…
Textuality, Subjectivity, and Violence: Theorizing the Figure of the Child in Middle English Literature
Textuality, Subjectivity, and Violence:Theorizing the Figure of the Child in Middle English Literature Kline, Daniel T. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995)…
Narratives of a Nurturing Culture: Parents and Neighbors in Medieval England
Narratives of a Nurturing Culture:Parents and Neighbors in Medieval England Hanawalt, Barbara Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 12 (1995) Abstract A current trend…
The Purpose of Domesday Book: a Quandary
The Purpose of Domesday Book: a Quandary Kapelle, William Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 9 (1992) Abstract In 1086 the Normans made a…