The evolution of the Lyric Insertion in Thirteenth-Century Narrative
The evolution of the Lyric Insertion in Thirteenth-Century Narrative Callahan, Christopher Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 7 (1990) Abstract The early thirteenth century…
Techne in the Kentish Hymn
Techne in the Kentish Hymn Keefer, Sarah Larratt Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 6 (1989) Abstract Little interest to date has been paid…
The Anticlaudianus and the “Proper” Language of Theology
The Anticlaudianus and the “Proper” Language of Theology Sweeney, Eileen C. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 4 (1987) Abstract In Book V of…
A Pilgrim and his Journey: Illuminating Interpretations of Dante’s Commedia
A Pilgrim and his Journey: Illuminating Interpretations of Dante’s Commedia Sokolowski, Linda C. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 3 (1986) Abstract While there…
Patterns of Coherence: A Study of the Narrative Technique in King Horn
Patterns of Coherence: A Study of the Narrative Technique in King Horn Niyogi De, Esha Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 3 (1986) Abstract…
Gower’s Confessio Amantis IV, 1963-2013: The Education of Achilles
Gower’s Confessio Amantis IV, 1963-2013: The Education of Achilles Zambreno, Mary Frances Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 3 (1986) Abstract John Gower’s Confessio…
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.
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.
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.”
Representations of Anglo-Saxon England in Children’s Literature
The way in which children’s authors have translated medieval history into their own “historicity” has changed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as popular and scholarly attitudes toward the Middle Ages have changed. Looking at these changes, my purpose in this thesis will be to answer two questions: why would children’s authors draw upon Anglo-Saxon England for their subject matter? And, what relevance does children’s literature have for an audience of medievalists?
Expositiones sequentiarum: Medieval Sequence Commentaries and Prologues. Editions with Introductions
The sequence commentary, part of the vast commentary literature of the Middle Ages, emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as a new field for writing expositions on liturgical poetry. It is, however, a genre that has been practically neglected by modern research.