Treason

Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40024-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: Explorations in Medieval Culture

The willingness to betray one’s country, one’s people, one’s family—to commit treason and foreswear loyalty to one entity by giving it to another—is a difficult concept for many people to comprehend. Yet, societies have grappled with treason for centuries; the motivations, implications, and consequences are rarely clear cut and are often subjective. Set against the framework of modern political concerns, Treason: Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame considers the various forms of treachery in a variety of sources, including literature, historical chronicles, and material culture creating a complex portrait of the development of this high crime. Larissa Tracy artfully brings together younger critics as well as seasoned scholars in a compelling and topical conversation on treason.

Contributors are Frank Battaglia, Dianne Berg, Tina Marie Boyer, Albrecht Classen, Sam Claussen, Freddy C. Domínguez, Melissa Ridley Elmes, Ana Grinberg, Iain A. MacInnes, Inna Matyushina, Sally Shockro, Susan Small, Peter Sposato, Sarah J. Sprouse, Daniel Thomas, and Larissa Tracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tracy, Larissa

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: The Shameful Business of Betrayal and Treason

Larissa Tracy

Part 1: The Politics of Treason

1 Wiglaf’s Sword: The Coming of the State

Frank Battaglia

2 In Sickness and in Health: the Boethian Narrative of the Two Geralds of Brecon

Sarah J. Sprouse

3 Treasonous and Dishonorable Conduct: the Private Dimension of Treason and Chivalric Reform in Late Medieval Florence

Peter Sposato

4 Royal Punishment and Reconciliation in Trastámara Castile

Samuel A. Claussen

5 “A somewhat too cruel vengeance was taken for the blood of the slain”: Royal Punishment of Rebels, Traitors, and Political Enemies in Medieval Scotland, c. 1100–c. 1250

Iain A. MacInnes

Part 2: Religious Treason and Heresy

6 Revolt in Heaven: Lucifer’s Treason in Genesis B

Daniel Thomas

7 Blessed Betrayal: The Opportunity of Treachery in Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Texts

Sally Shockro

8 Legal Ramifications of Ordeals and Treason in Morant und Galie

Tina Boyer

9 Religious Identity, Loyalty, and Treason in the Cycle du Roi

Ana Grinberg

10 Traitors Respond: English Catholic Polemical Strategies against Accusations of Treason at the End of the Sixteenth Century

Freddy C. Domínguez

Part 3: Treasonous Love: Adultery and Shame

11 Treason and Deception in Late Medieval German Romances and Novels Königin Sibille, Melusine, and Malagis

Albrecht Classen

12 Treacherous Women at King Arthur’s Court: Punishment and Shame

Inna Matyushina

13 Treason and the Feast in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur

Melissa Ridley Elmes

14 ‘Tis Fearful Sleeping in a Serpent’s Bed’: Arden of Favershamand the Threat of the Petty Traitor

Dianne Berg

15 The Spatial Configuration of Shame in La Princesse de Clèves

Susan Small

Conclusion: the Shame Game, from Guinevere to Cersei: Adultery, Treason, and Betrayal

Larissa Tracy

Select Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Larissa Tracy, Ph.D. (2000), Trinity College Dublin, is Professor of Medieval Literature at Longwood University. She has published monographs, edited collections, and several articles on medieval violence including Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature (D. S. Brewer, 2012).