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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959900603321

Autore

Hodges Kenneth L

Titolo

Forging Chivalric Communities in Malory's Le Morte Darthur / / by K. Hodges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611367992

9781281367990

1281367990

9781403979322

1403979324

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 208 p.)

Collana

Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, , 2945-6924

Disciplina

823/.2

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval

Classical literature

Literature, Ancient

Medieval Literature

Classical and Antique Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Medieval by a Month -- 1 English Knights, French Books, and Literary Communities -- 2 Swords and Sorceresses: Creating a Chivalric Community -- 3 Of Knights and Nations -- 4 Regional Politics -- 5 Shifting Boundaries: Religious Communities and the Grail -- 6 The Death of Guinevere -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Forging Chivalric Communities in Marlory's Morte D'Arthur shows that Malory treats chivalry not as a static institution but as a dynamic, continually evolving ideal. Le Morte D'arthur is structured to trace how communities and individuals adapt or create chivalric codes for their own purposes; in turn, codes of chivalry shape groups and their customs. Knights' loyalties are torn not just between lords and lovers



but also between the different codes of chivalry and between different communities. Women, too, choose among the different roles they are asked to play as queens, counsellors, and even quasi-knights.