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The tournament and literature : literary representations of the medieval tournament in old French works, 1150-1226 / Mary Arlene Santina.

Title
The tournament and literature : literary representations of the medieval tournament in old French works, 1150-1226 / Mary Arlene Santina.
Author
Santina, Mary Arlene, 1956-
Publication
New York : P. Lang, c1999.

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Description
197 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Beautiful ladies, dashing chevaliers, injuries, and death; how were these part of the literary tournament? This schematic analysis examines these and numerous other aspects of the knightly tournament as they were presented in works of the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries, and also identifies the role the tournament played in the literature of the day. This analysis of Old French narratives views the sport in its infancy, and in the process reveals contrasts with the more colorful and better-known tournament of the fifteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Studies in the humanities ; v. 49
Uniform Title
Studies in the humanities (New York, N.Y.) v. 49.
Subject
  • Chevalerie dans la littérature
  • Chevaliers dans la littérature
  • Chivalry in literature
  • Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature
  • Civilization, Medieval, in literature
  • French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism
  • Knights and knighthood in literature
  • Littérature française > Avant 1500 > Thèmes, motifs
  • To 1500
  • Tournaments, Medieval, in literature
  • Tournois (Chevalerie) dans la littérature
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Corpus of Works 2 -- The Tournament and Its Background 5 -- Chapter I. Old French Terminology 11 -- Chapter II. Tournament Preparations 25 -- Chapter III. The Announcement and the Wait 37 -- Chapter IV. Opening and Closing Procedures 47 -- Chapter V. Who Were the Participants? 53 -- Chapter VI. Heraldry 77 -- Chapter VII. The Lady and the Tournament 91 -- Chapter VIII. Weapons and Techniques 109 -- Chapter IX. Location and Duration 117 -- Chapter X. Casualties 129 -- Chapter XI. Tournament Winnings and the Victor 141 -- Chapter XII. The Tournament as a Literary Device 157.
ISBN
0820442801 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^98033748^
OCLC
39605336
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library