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Book 8 (Tristan)
mercy – In this work we are given a look at the well rounded knight who is not simply filled with an all-consuming lust for blood; although the interplay of shame and honor do directly lead to fighting between one … Continue reading
Lancelot
honor, violence – In this text these two themes are wholly intertwined and thusly they are better served when discussed in unison. The story of the great knight Lancelot begins with the capturing of the Queen to which the proud … Continue reading
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menocal 71-111
origin – In the first chapter from this reading Menocal makes it obvious from the outset that the origins of the modern vernacular lyric has a much debated history. One in which many Europeans theorists have accounted for the rise … Continue reading
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Irwin Chapter 3/ Menocal Chapters 1 & 2
the other- Menocal writes that the recent surge, over the past few centuries, in the development of Europe and the Americas, due to imperialist pursuits, has led them to classify themselves as a distinct entity from the Arab cultures that … Continue reading