A Medieval Romance of Friendship
Author: Mabel Van Duzee
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 216
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The Olde Daunce
Author: Robert R. Edwards
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1991-01-22
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of Dickens' novel in its manuscript, proof and printed versions; a survey of editions, adaptations, and responses to the novel from 1840 until 1985. Limited to material published in English. Revised from papers presented at a conference in April 1986, 13 essays re-evaluate the nature of intimate relations in the middle ages. They explore the relations between love and companionship, equality, and power; and between expressions of love and creativity, literacy, voyeurism, chastity, hate and other issues. The overall impression is that people used to do it in a very scholarly manner. A paper edition is available (0440-4, $17.95). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Author: Albrecht Classen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-03-29
Total Pages: 813
ISBN-13: 3110253984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough it seems that erotic love generally was the prevailing topic in the medieval world and the Early Modern Age, parallel to this the Ciceronian ideal of friendship also dominated the public discourse, as this collection of essays demonstrates. Following an extensive introduction, the individual contributions explore the functions and the character of friendship from Late Antiquity (Augustine) to the 17th century. They show the spectrum of variety in which this topic appeared ‐ not only in literature, but also in politics and even in painting.
An Uncertain Choice
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2015-03-03
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0310749484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDue to her parents’ promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, shortly before her birthday, a friend of her father’s enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents’ will left a second choice—if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow. Before long, Rosemarie is presented with the three most handsome and brave knights in the land. But when the knights’ arrival results in a series of attacks within her land, she begins to wonder if the convent is the best place after all. If only one of the knights—the one who appears the most guilty—had not already captured her heart.
The Arts of Friendship
Author: Reginald Hyatte
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9004247017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Arts of Friendship focusses on literary representations of three categories of ideal friendship — Christian, chivalric, and humanistic — and the writers' strategies of establishing the ethical authority of their contemporary friends and codes on a par with antiquity's amicitia perfecta. The study identifies the extent to which writers acknowledged women as perfect friends. The selected texts under examination include, among others, hagiographies, works of Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx, The Quest of the Holy Grail, Thomas' Tristan, the Prose Lancelot, Ami and Amile, the Decameron, and L.B. Alberti's Dell'amicizia. Literary comparatists and historians, ethical historians, and students of rhetoric will find of interest the comparative study of the rhetorical topos of perfect friendship, the varied ethical criteria inherent there, and the writers' strategies for representing and authorizing an idea.
Honor & Roses
Author: Elizabeth Cole
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Published: 2016-02-23
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1942316151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForbidden flames burn brightest… The knight Alric of Hawksmere has endured years of war and survived dozens of battles in the service of the king. A new challenge awaits him when he returns home to renew his bond with a childhood friend. Alric instead discovers she is now a spirited woman of rare beauty whose kiss makes his blood burn. But the lady Cecily de Vere has been offered in marriage to another man, and Alric‘s duty is to escort her to the wedding. Cecily wants to behave as a proper lady. But she yearns for her childhood flame and knows he shares the same desire. When a sudden twist of fortune puts Cecily in mortal danger, Alric takes an unimaginable risk to rescue her. Left alone in the wild, Alric and Cecily must make a choice that will change their lives forever. The first book in the Swordsworn Knights: A series of full-length historical romance novels set in the vivid and beguiling world of medieval Britannia.
Through the dark mist
Author: Marsha Canham
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0440206111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraveling across medieval England to meet her future husband, the lovely Lady Servanne de Briscourt meets the notorious bandit, Black Wolf, and falls for the outlaw, discovering in the process that he is the rightful heir to her fiance's title
The Art of Courtly Love
Author: Andreas (Capellanus.)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780231073059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe social system of 'courtly love' soon spread after becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the twelfth century. This book codifies life at Queen Eleanor's court at Poitiers between 1170 and 1174 into "one of those capital works which reflect the thought of a great epoch, which explain the secret of a civilization."
The Last Arrow
Author: Marsha Canham
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 0440222575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1214, King John is desperate to find the lost Princess of Brittany to assume the throne, but the monarchy faces the threat of Griffin Renaud de Verdelay, who has been hired to murder the princess, and only an man known as Robin Hood can save the kingdom. Original.
A Proposal to Risk Their Friendship
Author: Louise Allen
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Published: 2021-06-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1867233436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unconventional friendship could ruin their reputations… Respecting each other’s desire for independence, Lord Henry Cary and writer Melissa Taverner enjoy an uncomplicated friendship. Henry finds her amusing, intelligent company, but she’s also an attractive woman, and he’s alarmed to find lust sneaking in. Having always viewed marriage as a cold matter of convenience, Henry dare not risk their friendship with a proposal. Yet when their closeness sparks rumors, he might not have a choice! Mills & Boon Historical — Your romantic escape to the past.
