Courtly Love and the Social Background to the Troubadour Revival in Late Medieval Spain
Title | Courtly Love and the Social Background to the Troubadour Revival in Late Medieval Spain PDF eBook |
Author | R. Boase |
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Release | 1977 |
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The Troubadour Revival
Title | The Troubadour Revival PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Boase |
Publisher | Routledge & Kegan Paul Books |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | History |
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The Troubadour Revival
Title | The Troubadour Revival PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Boase |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2024-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 104026199X |
First published in 1978, this book argues that the troubadour revival in late medieval Spain was a conservative reaction to social crisis by those who belonged, or were affiliated, to a powerful, expanding and belligerent aristocracy. The crisis was produced by a discrepancy between social theory and social reality which could never be resolved, because the theory was based on the belief in a divinely pre-ordained system of social stratification in which change was inconceivable. The study falls into four parts. The first part analyses the aristocratic theory of medieval society with special reference to Spain. The second part places the troubadour revival in its historical perspective. The third part brings together some relevant documents and the fourth part consists of various appendices. The author applies the insights of history, sociology and economics to problems of literature and demonstrates the importance of the period to late medieval culture both Spanish and European. Although this analysis relies mainly on Spanish sources, the origins of the ideals it examines are to be found in a wider European context, as are the factors that undermine them. Close cultural links between Spain and France are suggested by certain parallels between the Catalan Consistory of the Gay Science and the Court of Love of Charles VI. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of Spanish literature, Spanish history, and social and cultural history
The Discourse of Courtly Love in Seventeenth-century Spanish Theater
Title | The Discourse of Courtly Love in Seventeenth-century Spanish Theater PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Elliott Bayliss |
Publisher | Associated University Presse |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780838757147 |
By engaging in dialogue the voices of both male and female writers who participated both in the broader courtly love tradition and in the theatrical production of early modern Spain, this book demonstrates that all representations of desire are gender-inflected.
The Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love
Title | The Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Boase |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780719006562 |
The Troubadours
Title | The Troubadours PDF eBook |
Author | H. J. Chaytor |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 105 |
Release | 2019-11-29 |
Genre | History |
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"The Troubadours" by H. J. Chaytor. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
Title | Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | John Boswell |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2013-08-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0804150958 |
Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies.