Chretien de Troyes was France's great medieval poet—inventor of the genre of courtly romance and popularizer of the Arthurian legend. The forty-four surviving manuscripts of his work (ten of them illuminated) pose a number of questions about who used these books and in what way. In Sealed in Parchment, Sandra Hindman scrutinizes both text and images to reveal what the manuscripts can tell us about medieval society and politics.
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This is a wonderful book for scholars interested in "manuscriptology" - or looking at the whole manuscript. Hindman takes a next step where many scholars tend to leave off by looking at Chretien manuscripts that have been previously ignored, or barely studied. She analyzes them with social and cultural questions in mind, paying attention to clues about usage and reception.The abundant images are great - and helpful!
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MORE THAN ANY OF CHRETIEN'S OTHER STORIES, THE TEXT OF LE CONTE DEL GRAAL (PERCEVAL), ESPECIALLY CONSIDERED ALONG WITH ITS FOUR CONTINUATIONS, HAS AN OVERTLY RELIGIOUS theme (Frappier 1972). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perilous bed, opening miniature, historiated initials, bachelor knight, upper aristocracy, verse romance, illustrated copies, author portrait Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Fisher King, King Arthur, Manessier's Continuation, First Continuation, Second Continuation, Bran de Lis, Garin de Monglane, Chrétien de Troyes, Danois Paris, Philip of Alsace, Saint Louis, Garin de Montglane, Joy of the Court, Robert de Boron, Tree Child, Holy Grail, Philip Augustus, Princeton University Library, Red Knight, Round Table, William of Orange, Gerbert de Montreuil's Continuation Paris, Gerbert's Continuation, Guy de Dampierre New!
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MORE THAN ANY OF CHRETIEN'S OTHER STORIES, THE TEXT OF LE CONTE DEL GRAAL (PERCEVAL), ESPECIALLY CONSIDERED ALONG WITH ITS FOUR CONTINUATIONS, HAS AN OVERTLY RELIGIOUS theme (Frappier 1972). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perilous bed, opening miniature, historiated initials, bachelor knight, upper aristocracy, verse romance, illustrated copies, author portrait Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Fisher King, King Arthur, Manessier's Continuation, First Continuation, Second Continuation, Bran de Lis, Garin de Monglane, Chrétien de Troyes, Danois Paris, Philip of Alsace, Saint Louis, Garin de Montglane, Joy of the Court, Robert de Boron, Tree Child, Holy Grail, Philip Augustus, Princeton University Library, Red Knight, Round Table, William of Orange, Gerbert de Montreuil's Continuation Paris, Gerbert's Continuation, Guy de Dampierre New!
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- Arthurian Romances (Penguin Classics) by Chrétien de Troyes in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Implications of Literacy by Brian Stock in Back Matter
- Arthurian Fictions: Rereading the Vulgate Cycle by E. Jane Burns in Back Matter
- Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe by James A. Brundage in Back Matter
- The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches by Howell Chickering in Back Matter
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