Love and War in the Middle English Romances

Margaret Adlum Gist

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1947

Love and War in the Middle English Romances

Margaret Adlum Gist

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512816280

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This study examines Middle English romances to determine how accurately they reflect actual medieval attitudes and behavior in their treatment of relationships between the sexes and the theory and practice of warfare.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
I. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. MEDIEVAL ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN, SEX, AND MARRIAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
III. THE MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE IN THE ROMANCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
IV. OTHER TYPES OF MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
V. IRREGULAR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
VI. MEDIEVAL JUSTIFICATION OF WAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
VII. ATTITUDE OF INDIVIDUALS TOWARD WARFARE AND FIGHTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
VIII. CONDUCT ON THE BATTLEFIELD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
IX. CONCLUSIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1947
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: January 30, 2017
ISBN: 9781512816280