Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
“Internal/External Interactions in the Exeter Book ‘Storm Riddles’” James Paz (King’s College London) This paper discussed some of the Riddles in the Exeter…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 2: Storms Within and Without “Winter Landscape and Season” Paul Langeslag (U of T) This fascinating paper was about Anglo-Saxon seasonal imagery…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Vernacular Authority in a Materialized God: Reading the Text of Christ’s Body in Old and Middle English” Camin…
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure Lowe, Virginia A.P. Folklore Forum 13 (2/3) (1980) Abstract Among the many minor…
The Irish Fool
This image may be identified easily today as, ‘The Joker,’ who typically finds residence in the common pack of playing cards. Curiously, while elements of this symbol and its legacy play a role that parallels the Fool of Irish tradition, there are distinct differences.
An Unedited Welsh Poem from Peniarth 49: Cywydd y Gal
An Unedited Welsh Poem from Peniarth 49: Cywydd y Gal By James Doan Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 7:1…
The Hermeneutics of Eroticism in the Poetry of Rumi
The Hermeneutics of Eroticism in the Poetry of Rumi Tourage, Mahdi VARIORUM, Duke University Press Vol. 25, No. 3, (2005) Abstract Michel Foucault writes that…
Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire
Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire Jost, Jean A. In parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies Vol.1 (1999)…
Serpent of Pleasure: Emergence and Difference in the Medieval Garden of Love
Set apart from the normal realm of moral judgment, the medieval garden of love is usually seen as a site that embodies the carnal and reprehensible human desires that humans must renounce in order to find God.
‘In Search of Lost Time: Aldhelm and The Ruin’,
‘In Search of Lost Time: Aldhelm and The Ruin’ Abram, Christopher (Robinson College, Cambridge) Quaestio: Selected Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic,…
THE LADIES AGNES AND ARSEN AND WILLIAM IX’S “COMPANHO, FARAI UN VERS [QU’ER] COVINEN”
THE LADIES AGNES AND ARSEN AND WILLIAM IX’S “COMPANHO, FARAI UN VERS [QU’ER] COVINEN” Goddard, Richard Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol.24:2 (1988) Abstract…
Difference and the Difference it Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer’s Poetry
Difference and the Difference it Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer’s Poetry By Sheila Delany Florilegium, Vol.10 (1988-91) Introduction: “My indecision is final,” the…
Wynnere and Wastoure in Robert Thornton’s ‘Up Sodowne’ World
Wynnere and Wastoure in Robert Thornton’s ‘Up Sodowne’ World Byrne, Aisling Marginalia, Vol. 8, Cambridge Yearbook (2007-2008) Abstract In Wynnere and Wastoure we…
“With fairi forth y-nome”: The Representation of the Fairy World in Sir Orfeo
“With fairi forth y-nome”: The Representation of the Fairy World in Sir Orfeo By Sarah Läseke Published on Medievalists.net (2011) When comparing Sir…
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero?
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero? Guenther, Kelly York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract The Old English Judith…
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles By Rafal Boryslawski Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Vol. 38 (2002) Abstract: This paper…
Remaking Petrarch’s Canzoniere in the Fifteenth Century
Remaking Petrarch’s Canzoniere in the Fifteenth Century By Dario Del Puppo Medioevo letterario d’Italia : rivista internazionale di filologia, linguistica e letteratura, Vol.1…
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland Eilola, Jari MIRATOR ELOKUU/AUGUSTI/AUGUST…
Account of the Viking Siege of Paris offers new insights into the early Middle Ages
By Peter Konieczny and Sandra Sadowski The chance to work on an amazing and unique story was the reason behind Nirmal Dass producing…
Imperfect Apocalypse: Thomas of Erceldoune’s Reply to the Countess of Dunbar in MS Harley 2253
Imperfect Apocalypse: Thomas of Erceldoune’s Reply to the Countess of Dunbar in MS Harley 2253 Flood, Victoria (University of Swansea) Marginalia, Vol. 11,…
‘Segges slepande’ and Cotton Nero A.x: The Ethics of Sleep in Patience, Cleanness, Pearl, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
‘Segges slepande’ and Cotton Nero A.x: The Ethics of Sleep in Patience, Cleanness, Pearl, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Leitch, Megan Marginalia, Vol.…
Re-reading Through Return in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Some Late Medieval Carols
Re-reading Through Return in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Some Late Medieval Carols Steer, Alex Marginalia, Vol. 2, Cambridge Yearbook (2004-2005)…
Ambition and Anxiety in The House of Fame and The Garlande of Laurell
Ambition and Anxiety in The House of Fame and The Garlande of Laurell Bennett, Alastair, Marginalia, Vol. 2, Cambridge Yearbook (2004-2005) Abstract Chaucer’s The House…
“The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in the Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales”
“The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in the Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales” Méndez, Jerónimo (University of Valencia) BAD BEHAVIOUR Volume 3(1) (2010)…
A Previously Unidentified Fragment of ‘Pearce the Black Monke Upon the Elixir’ in MS. Mellon 43
A Previously Unidentified Fragment of ‘Pearce the Black Monke Upon the Elixir’ in MS. Mellon 43 Timmermann, Anke Marginalia, Vol.1 (2005) Abstract Among…