Chaucer's Tyrants of Lombardy

Hardman, Phillipa

doi:10.1093/res/xxxi.122.172

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“…the opposite of tyranny", Chaucer actually intended to make a realistic portrait of a prince characterised by "an imperfect mixture of pity and tyranny". 1111 Carol Falvo Heffernan and Michael Hanrahan, on the contrary, interpret Walter as a tyrant. For Heffernan, the tale focuses on how to turn tyranny into good government, namely "how to make Walter .…”

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2019

The Patient Griselda Myth

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Griselda and her myth have constantly bewildered me ever since I first came across her story as an undergrad student attending Dr Katrin Rupp's seminar on medieval tales of love at Neuchâtel University. My thoughts on the matter later grew thanks to Prof. Lukas Erne and Prof. Elisabeth Dutton, who have both helped me deepen my knowledge of the different English versions.The present comparative study, however, would not have been possible without the deeply appreciated help and support of my supervisor, Prof. Joachim Küpper, who believed that my investigation into the Patient Griselda myth in European literature should be part of his own research group: "DramaNet". I am grateful for his time, patient guidance, and useful critique of my work.I would also like to extend my thanks to the European Research Council, which has funded the studies undertaken by the various DramaNet members, including my own.

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Section: Part Ii: the Socio-political Implications Of Social Exogamymentioning

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2019

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Locating Anglo-Italian Communities in Bevis and the Naples Manuscript

Fraaije

2024

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This article contextualises the Anglo-Italian aspects of Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS XIII.B.29. This fifteenth-century paper miscellany contains Bevis of Hampton, Chaucer’s Clerk’s Tale, St Alexius, Libeaus Desconus, as well as a recipe collection, a section of Lydgate’s “Doublenesse”, and a fragment of Sir Isumbras. The book is among a very select number of codices containing Middle English texts that are presently preserved in an Italian institution. Previous research has demonstrated XIII.B.29 must have travelled to the Italian peninsula at a relatively early date, but the exact reason behind its compilation and the method by which it arrived in Italy remain uncertain. This article reviews the manuscript’s design, provenance, and contents, arguing the book is not just an English manuscript in Italy, but also to some degree an English manuscript about Italy and Italian experiences. Specifically, the article contends that an episode in the manuscript’s Bevis, which describes a street fight near Lombard Street in London, benefits from a reading that acknowledges late medieval developments in finance and long-distance Anglo-Italian commerce, as well as the emergence of Italian communities in Southampton and the capital.

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