IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 516: Wealth in Medieval Romance and Ballads: Sources and Circulation, I
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | School of English / St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Organiser: | Chera Ann Cole, School of English, University of St Andrews |
| Moderator/Chair: | Raluca Radulescu, School of English, Bangor University |
| Paper 516-a | Fairy Wealth and Fairy Mistresses (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 516-b | Earning Memorial Golde in Sir Isumbras (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Mentalities |
| Paper 516-c | From Object to Subject: A Comparison of Feminine Worth and Wealth in Chrétien de Troyes's Yvain and Its Middle Welsh Analogue (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Abstract | This is one of two sessions on the sources, circulation, and displays of wealth in medieval romance. Being a good knight is expensive, for not only are there the costs of horse and armour, the ideal of chivalry stresses generosity and other displays of wealth. This is no less true in medieval romance. Where does wealth collect and how does it circulate within these romance texts? These three papers examine the implications of this question as it relates to female power, and the workings of medieval memory. |