medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
You might consider the Spanish epic, Song of the Cid (El Cantar de Mio
Cid). It's theme is honor and the period is perfect for your
purposes. yrs, t. ault
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:22:30 -0400
Richard Landes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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>i'm giving a seminar next year on "popular culture in the MA"
>i'd like to do some weeks on the anthropological notion of
>"honor-shame"
>culture and its role in medieval society.
>aside from the obvious examples of these dynamics at work in
>incidents like
>the song of roland or the feud btw sichar and chramnisind, does
>anyone have
>suggestions of either primary or secondary readings (short or long)
>that i
>might use?
>richard
>
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