The medieval warrior aristocracy : gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred /: gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The medieval warrior aristocracy : gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred /: gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred. (2007)
- Main Title:
- The medieval warrior aristocracy : gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred
- Further Information:
- Note: Andrew Cowell.
- Other Names:
- Cowell, Andrew, 1963-
- Contents:
- The power of giving -- The symbolic constitution of the giving subject: William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard -- Violence and "taking": towards a generalized symbolic economy -- Taking an identity: The poem of the Cid -- The sacred kept -- The hero, gratuity and alterity: The song of Roland -- The supplemental hero: Raoul of Cambrai -- Female integrity and masculine desires in The Nibelungenlied -- Fractured identities, and the solution of chivalry: William of Orange -- Conclusion: a new, different warrior aristocracy.
- Publisher Details:
- Woodbridge : D.S. Brewer
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Subjects:
- 809.93352
Heroes in literature
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism
Aristocracy (Social class) -- History -- To 1500
Ceremonial exchange -- History -- To 1500
Identity (Psychology)
Héros dans la littérature
Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et critique
Identité (Psychologie)
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French
Aristocracy (Social class)
Ceremonial exchange
Heroes in literature
Identity (Psychology)
Literature, Medieval
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781846155727
- Related ISBNs:
- 184615572X
9781843841234
1843841231 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.796315
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