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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Chrétien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes excused Philomena for killing her innocent son

Tereus married Procne. He raped her sister Philomena and cut out her tongue. Procne & Philomena killed Procne’s son Itys and fed him to his father Tereus. … Read the post Chrétien de Troyes excused Philomena for killing her innocent son

Erec testing Enide: the ultimate reverse shit-test

In Chrétien de Troyes’s Erec et Enide, Erec’s arduous shit-test for Enide promoted the traditional understanding of chivalry over inhumane courtly love. … Read the post Erec testing Enide: the ultimate reverse shit-test

saintly Fenice in Cligès shows scope of medieval Latin literature

Although Chrétien de Troyes wrote Cligès in the vernacular, he built upon Latin literature of saints’ lives, Islamic medicine, Solomon and Marcolf, etc. … Read the post saintly Fenice in Cligès shows scope of medieval Latin literature

conservative medieval women impeded progress toward gender equality

Chrétien de Troyes’s 12th-century French romance Cligès shows that conservative medieval women resisted progress to gender equality in amorous solicitation. … Read the post conservative medieval women impeded progress toward gender equality

translatio studii et imperii: Chrétien de Troyes’ Ovidian Cligès

Chrétien de Troyes invoked translatio studii et imperii in the prologue to Cligès for Ovidian mockery of intellectual and political pretensions. … Read the post translatio studii et imperii: Chrétien de Troyes’ Ovidian Cligès

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