The medieval warrior aristocracy : gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred /: gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.