, and Literary Engagement with the Paradox Chrétien de Troyes's Chevalier de la charrette ( The Knight of the Cart , ca. 1180) brought the immortal pair Lancelot and Guinevere together as lovers for the first time. The characters existed in the German
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The Gallic Singularity
The Medieval and Early Modern Origins
Tracy Adams
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 21–43 (23 total)
Representations of Women in the French Imaginary
Historicizing the Gallic Singularity
Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
related cultural pattern that she calls “the equal-not equal paradox,” the distinctive combination of “intertwined assumptions that women were as competent as men of their same rank but legally inferior to them.” Her analysis of Chrétien de Troyes
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Introduction
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- 1–20 (20 total)
Pueri Sunt Pueri
Machismo, Chivalry, and the Aggressive Pastimes of the Medieval Male Youth
Sean McGlynn
, we can appreciate the point that he is making. Writing in about 1160, the troubadour Chrétien de Troyes (author of the some of the earliest Arthurian romances), gives us this account of a tournament: “On either side the ranks tremble and a roar rises
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 88–100 (13 total)
“Give Me Back My Son!”
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Emotion Talk, and the Gendering of Political Rhetoric
Linda E. Mitchell
as a patron of troubadours and writers of romance, such as Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, although this has been disputed by other historians. 3 The first major book-length study of Eleanor as a subject in her own right was that of Amy Kelly
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 1–20 (20 total)