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Par Fiance Bien Tenir: Medieval Same-Sex Kinship And Sworn Brotherhood In Le Roman De Thèbes, Elizabeth Hubble
Par Fiance Bien Tenir: Medieval Same-Sex Kinship And Sworn Brotherhood In Le Roman De Thèbes, Elizabeth Hubble
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
Par fiance bien tenir: Medieval Same-Sex Kinship and Sworn Brotherhood in Le Roman de Thèbes This article adds to the growing archive on medieval same-sex unions by examining an overlooked scene in an often overlooked early medieval French romance, the mid-twelfth-century Roman de Thèbes. An Old French rewriting of Statius’ Latin epic, The Thebaid, Thèbes features a formal ceremony of sworn brotherhood between two of the main characters, the knights Polynices and Tydeus. In contrast to the slightly later Roman d’Enéas, Thèbes does not counter such same-sex bonds with a heterosexual love relationship. Rather, Thèbes posits competing constructions of masculinity …
Gender And The Fate Of Julian’S Short Text, Rebecca June
Gender And The Fate Of Julian’S Short Text, Rebecca June
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
Gender and the Fate of Julian’s Short Text Most studies of Julian of Norwich’s Showings juxtapose her Short and Long texts, with a marked lack of enthusiasm for the Short Text in contrast to its longer, revised form thought to be textually and theologically superior. This essay asks what is at stake in the rigorous defense of Julian’s Long Text and argues that the issue of gender is central both to its revisions and to its favorable reception. The most noted revision related to gender in the Long Text is the addition of its maternal Jesus, characterized as redemptive of …
Bonnie Scotland And La Belle France: Commonalites And Cultural Links., Moira Speirs Ms
Bonnie Scotland And La Belle France: Commonalites And Cultural Links., Moira Speirs Ms
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
The Auld Alliance between Scotland and France begun in 1295 with the treaty of Paris and continued until the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England in 1707. Successive French and Scottish monarchs kept the alliance in place with formal treaties and marriage alliances. These strong family connections among the ruling classes influenced all ranks in society. Scotland’s military support of France in wars between France and England resulted in many Scottish lords being granted lands and titles as a reward for their service to the French crown. The ties between the two countries developed as increasing numbers of followers …
Representations Of Eve In Antiquity And The English Middle Ages, Misty Urban
Representations Of Eve In Antiquity And The English Middle Ages, Misty Urban
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Letters To Francesco Datini, Lyn A. Blanchfield
Letters To Francesco Datini, Lyn A. Blanchfield
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Queenship And Voice In Medieval Northern Europe, Katrin E. Sjursen
Queenship And Voice In Medieval Northern Europe, Katrin E. Sjursen
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.48 No.2 2013
Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.48 No.2 2013
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.48 No.2 2012
Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.48 No.2 2012
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Loving Friendship In Baudri Of Bourgueil's Poetic Correspondence With The Women Of Le Ronceray, Holle Canatella
Loving Friendship In Baudri Of Bourgueil's Poetic Correspondence With The Women Of Le Ronceray, Holle Canatella
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Mischief In Masculinity: Gender In John Lydgate's Troy Book, Lindsey Simon-Jones
Mischief In Masculinity: Gender In John Lydgate's Troy Book, Lindsey Simon-Jones
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Anne Bulkeley And Her Book: Fashioning Female Piety In Early Tudor England, Mary Beth Long
Anne Bulkeley And Her Book: Fashioning Female Piety In Early Tudor England, Mary Beth Long
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Theologizing Gender In The Rothschild Canticles, Jennifer Freeman
Theologizing Gender In The Rothschild Canticles, Jennifer Freeman
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Saints Edith And Æthelthryth: Princesses, Miracle Workers, And Their Late Medieval Audiences, Lisa Weston
Saints Edith And Æthelthryth: Princesses, Miracle Workers, And Their Late Medieval Audiences, Lisa Weston
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Lady, Hero, Saint: The Digby Play’S Mary Magdalene, Lindsey Simon-Jones
Lady, Hero, Saint: The Digby Play’S Mary Magdalene, Lindsey Simon-Jones
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Women From The Golden Legend: Female Authority In A Medieval Catalan Sanctoral, Denise K. Filios
Women From The Golden Legend: Female Authority In A Medieval Catalan Sanctoral, Denise K. Filios
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Lesbian Premodern, Jessica A. Boon
The Lesbian Premodern, Jessica A. Boon
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Medieval French Miracle Plays: Seven Falsely Accused Women, Jonathan Stavsky
Medieval French Miracle Plays: Seven Falsely Accused Women, Jonathan Stavsky
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women's Religious Movement And Its Reform In Thirteenth-Century Champagne, Jennifer L. Stemmle
Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women's Religious Movement And Its Reform In Thirteenth-Century Champagne, Jennifer L. Stemmle
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Middle-Aged Women In The Middle Ages, Linda E. Mitchell
Middle-Aged Women In The Middle Ages, Linda E. Mitchell
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.