The Middle Irish saga Merugud Uilixis meic Leirtis, 'The Wandering of Ulysses Son of Laertes,' composed around 1200, is a showcase for the complex interaction between oral and written tradition, between...
Dante’s encounter with his great-great-grandfather takes up three cantos in the Divine Comedy’s Paradiso. It is a central episode from which emerges the relationship of the Great Poet with the past...
The Divine Comedy is full of terms related to castles, towers, fortresses, and city walls. This essay analyzes this specific lexical area, accompanying us on an illustrated journey where architecture is intertwined with military technique, ballistics, and engineering.
Material Culture, Characters, and Courtly Influence
Edited by V.Virgile Reiter Raphaëlle Jamet (Eds.) Reiter and Raphaëlle Jamet Jamet
ISBN: 9783643963543
Publisher: LIT Verlag
Pub Date: 2020-01-01
Format: Digital download
Imprint: LIT Verlag
Arthur in Northern Translations is a compilation of some of the articles presented at two conferences organized by the Nordic Branch of the Arthurian Society. The volume aims to showcase the richness...
This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith had a special status within the traditional societies of early Ireland and elsewhere in the Celtic-speaking world.
For the will desires not to be dark, and this very desire causes the darkness” (Jacob Boehme). Moving through the fundamental question of this paradox, this book offers a constellation of theoretical and critical essays that shed light on the darkness of the will: its obscurity to itself.
The popular Arthurian legends, such as the grail quests of Perceval and Galahad, and the love of Lancelot for Queen Guenevere, have largely overshadowed Scotland’s own Arthurian romance. The story...
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