| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 412 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Explorations in medieval culture ; volume 10 |
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Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 10.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The shameful business of betrayal and treason / Larissa Tracy -- Wiglaf's sword : the coming of the state / Frank Battaglia -- In sickness and in health : the Boethian narrative of the two Geralds of Brecon / Sarah J. Sprouse -- Treasonous and dishonorable conduct : the private dimension of treason and chivalric reform in late medieval Florence / Peter Sposato -- Royal punishment and reconciliation in Trastamara Castile / Samuel A. Claussen -- "A somewhat too cruel vengeance was taken for the blood of the slain" : royal punishment of rebels, traitors, and political enemies in medieval Scotland, c. 1100-c. 1250 / Iain A. MacInnes -- Revolt in heaven : Lucifer's treason in Genesis B / Daniel Thomas -- Blessed betrayal : the opportunity of treachery in Anglo-Latin ecclesiastical texts / Sally Shockro -- Legal ramifications of ordeals and treason in Morant und Galie / Tina Boyer -- Religious identity, loyalty, and treason in the Cycle du Roi / Ana Grinberg -- Traitors respond : English Catholic polemical strategies against accusations of treason at the end of the sixteenth century / Freddy C. Dominguez -- Treason and deception in late medieval German romances and novels Konigin Sibille, Melusine, and Malagis / Albrecht Classen -- Treacherous women at King Arthur's court : punishment and shame / Inna Matyushina -- Treason and the feast in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur / Melissa Ridley Elmes -- 'Tis fearful sleeping in a serpent's bed' : Arden of Faversham and the threat of the petty traitor / Dianne Berg -- The spatial configuration of shame in La Princesse de Cleves / Susan Small -- Conclusion: The shame game, from Guinevere to Cersei : adultery, treason, and betrayal / Larissa Tracy |
| Summary |
"The willingness to betray one's country, one's people, one's family--to commit treason and foreswear loyalty to one entity by giving it to another--is a difficult concept for many people to comprehend. Yet, societies have grappled with treason for centuries; the motivations, implications, and consequences are rarely clear cut and are often subjective. Set against the framework of modern political concerns, Treason: Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame considers the various forms of treachery in a variety of sources, including literature, historical chronicles, and material culture creating a complex portrait of the development of this high crime. Larissa Tracy artfully brings together younger critics as well as seasoned scholars in a compelling and topical conversation on treason"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2019) |
| Subject |
Treason -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
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Adultery -- Europe -- History
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Betrayal -- Europe -- History
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Shame -- Europe -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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HISTORY / General
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Adultery
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Betrayal
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Intellectual life
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Shame
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- 476-1492. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045690
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Europe -- History -- 1492- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045696
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Europe -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045753
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Europe -- Intellectual life.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045726
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tracy, Larissa, 1974- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019017096 |
| ISBN |
9004400699 |
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9789004400696 |
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