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This is a list for only straight medieval romance

This is a list for only straight medieval romance. The Medieval period is between the 5th and the 15th centuries in European history and those books outside that range will be deleted. Note: others have added what I consider mediocre books to my Best Medieval romances list.

However, English romance also presents certain features or emphases that could be described as distinctive. The interest in romantic love is generally less pronounced than in French texts. Political concerns are to the forefront, and Arthurian material has a particular tendency to explore disputes and tensions over political boundaries and territories. It takes the year 1500 as its chronological terminus, but it is worth noting that many of these texts were still being printed, copied, and performed well after this date.

As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest

Home Browse Books Book details, Gender and History in Medieval English Romance.

Home Browse Books Book details, Gender and History in Medieval English Romance. Gender and History in Medieval English Romance and Chronicle. By Laura D. Barefield. Both genres strove for an authoritative presentation of the European past-retelling versions of stories told many times before, and citing the textual traditions in which. Over 14 million journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.

Medieval Romances are tales of adventure. Plots can be a religious crusade, a conquest for the knight's king, or the rescue of a captive lady or any combination. Characterized by: 1. Medieval romance usually idealizes chivalry 2. Medieval romance idealizes the hero-knight and his noble deeds 3. An important element of the medieval romance is the knight's love for his lady (courtly love). 4. The settings of medieval romance tend to be imaginary and vague. 5. Medieval romance derives mystery and suspense from supernatural elements. 6. Medieval romance often uses concealed or disguised.

The focus of Middle English Texts is on Middle English literature adjacent to such major authors as Chaucer or Malory

The focus of Middle English Texts is on Middle English literature adjacent to such major authors as Chaucer or Malory. A translation of the romances' source, the Anglo-French Otinel, is also included. The romances center on conflicts between Frankish Christians and various Saracen groups.

Chivalric romance is a type of prose or verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and . Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written in Middle English in the late 14th-century and is one of the best known Arthurian stories.

Chivalric romance is a type of prose or verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They typically describe the adventures of quest-seeking, legendary knights who are portrayed as having heroic qualities. Chivalric romances celebrate an idealized code of civilized behavior that combines loyalty, honor, and courtly love. Knights of the Round Table and Romance. The Green Knight is interpreted by some as a representation of the Green Man of folklore and by others as an allusion to Christ.

This book presents an introduction to the key texts and historical, cultural and critical contexts of medieval romance. It begins by introducing key issues and events that impacted on romance writing and its reception such as chivalric ideals, the Black Death, wars and 'Englishness' as well as key literary issues such as medieval manuscript production and its transmission.