'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world.
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
My Favorite Medieval Epic: A Tale of Violence, Vengeance, and Betrayal
The late twelfth-century Frence epic poem Raoul of Cambrai is a tale of violence, vengeance, and betrayal in which the basic bonds of society--feudal loyalty, family, and friendship--come into conflict. The poem poses key questions for feudal society: which is the higher duty, loyalty to a lord or obligation to one's family? may a vassal rightfully renounce his oath of loyalty to a lord who has wronged him? is nobility a matter of birth or of character? are bravery and prowess sufficient to make a knight chivalrous? The result is a moral puzzle which neither the poet nor his heroes/anti-heroes, Raoul, Bernier, Guerri, and Gautier, can fully solve.
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