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Analysis of Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

written as hardly to be distinguished from memoirs... The splendid pages of Froissart, with his heart-stirring and eye-dazzling de...

Transitional Figure Petrarch

In nine pages this paper discusses how Petrarch provides the Medieval to Renaissance transition and examines the poet's letters an...

'Abelard and Heloise' Translated by Jean de Meun

In eight pages this paper examines the Jean de Meun translation of this love story from Medieval France. There are 3 other source...

Medieval Warfare and Literature

In eight pages this paper discusses the chivalric code of honor and a knight's pursuit of financial gain within the context of the...

A Summary of The Song of Roland (Chanson de Roland)

it is possible that the poet telling "The Song of Roland" was using the character of Charlemagne to represent Christianity as it m...

Medieval Literature and the Portrayals of Kingship

In seven pages this paper discusses how the relationship between warriors and their king is symbolically depicted as that of sons ...

Literary Depiction of the Middle Ages and Nobility

In five pages this paper discusses how Medieval nobility was presented in Inferno by Dante Alighieri. There are 4 sources cited i...

Judaizers and Khazars

Wilson (1992), the existence of Judaizers or "those that entice Christian Gentiles to the Judaist religion" was problematic in ear...

Judaism During the Middle Ages

stereotype) of Jews throughout history reveals that while the Jewish people inhabit all socioeconomic levels, they tend to be succ...

Story of Daniel and Medieval Liturgical Drama

In ten pages this paper examines Medieval liturgical drama and its religious uses as reflected in the Story of Daniel. Seven sour...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...

Medieval Narratives, the Picaresque, Realism, and Romance

the underlying meaning of the narrative is contained within the incidents which occur in the development of the story (Frye, 1963)...

Theme of Nature The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf

understanding the deeper connections and interpretations of the characters who populate Chaucers work. Those deeper connections cl...

Women's Sexual and Social Roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and The Book of Margery Kempe

the individual characters of the story within the stories he was telling. In fact, Chaucer himself was a prime example of what was...

Internet Medieval History Websites Compared

specific. For instance, theres a link to Malaspina Universitys "Medieval Music before 1450" page. There are links to pages specia...

Changes in Warfare During the Medieval Period

a larger and more economical fighting force; the soldiers, mainly pikemen or archers, did not require such expensive equipment or ...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale' and the Film Adaptation

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the Medieval story with the film version. There are 2 bibliographic sources that are cit...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Medieval Poets on Love

wide range of emotions. Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder (1503-1542), was a pioneer of the English sonnet, which was a variation of th...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

A Review of The Ties That Bound

This eight page paper reviews the book by Barbara Hanawalt. The focus is human interaction in English medieval times. Primary so...

Comparing Translations of Beowulf

In six pages this paper compares Seamus Heaney's and Lucien Dean Pearson's translations of the Medieval epic tale. There are thre...

Anglo Saxon Dramatic Society and Burton Raffel's Beowulf

In five pages this paper examines how Anglo Saxon dramatic society has been reflected in Burton Raffel's New Historicist interpret...

Medieval Literature and Common Themes

is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...

The Quest of the Holy Grail Analyzed

In a paper consisting of eight pages the Grail's significance is defined along with the legends that surround it in an interpretat...

History of Judaism and 'Otherness'

In seven pages this paper examines the Medieval and Renaissance periods in this consideration of Jewish history and prejudice. Fi...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale,' 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' and the Themes of Code and Courtesy

In five pages this paper evaluates whether the honor code and courtesy are used righteously or self righteously in these Medieval ...

Hamlet is Not the Medieval 2 Dimensional Hero

In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...

Guilds of Medieval Europe and Their Power

In five pages this paper examines the socioeconomic power wielded by guilds in Medieval Europe. Four sources are cited in the bib...

The Lais by Marie de France

to aristocratic women, or it may have been included simply as a necessary literary device that aided Marie in recounting the condi...