Significant others aspects of deviance and difference in premodern court cultures

Significant others : aspects of deviance and difference in premodern court cultures : tales of the unexpected? / Zita Eva Rohr and Jonathan Spangler -- The other Middle Ages : cultural memory and alterity in Guy Gavriel Kay's Lions of Al-Rassan / Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun -- Journeying through (...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rohr, Zita Eva (HerausgeberIn), Spangler, Jonathan (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
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Zusammenfassung:Significant others : aspects of deviance and difference in premodern court cultures : tales of the unexpected? / Zita Eva Rohr and Jonathan Spangler -- The other Middle Ages : cultural memory and alterity in Guy Gavriel Kay's Lions of Al-Rassan / Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun -- Journeying through (an)other world : the role of magic and transformational otherness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Dalicia Raymond -- Alter-egos : Mediterranean agents negotiating identity at the dawn of the Franco-Ottoman alliance / Susan Broomhall -- The role of court Jews as dhimmis and as influential agents of Moroccan sultans / Fatima Rhorchi -- 'Othering' the ultimate insider : the Queen of France / Tracy Adams and Christine Adams -- 'Normalising' Louis XIV's natural daughters : from bastardy to princeliness (1666-1749) / Flavie Leroux -- Pivot to piety : a sexual scandal at Versailles, 1682, and the evolution of perceptions of male same-sex behaviour at the Court of Louis XIV / Jonathan Spangler.
"Significant Others explores the transformative possibilities of alterity or otherness and offers concrete case studies that provide a greater understanding and nuance with regard to aspects of deviance and difference in premodern court cultures. With a cross-disciplinary approach, this collection of essays will be a valuable resource for all students and scholars interested in the diverse aspects and contexts of premodern 'others'"--
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Beschreibung:xv, 240 Seiten
1 Illustration, 2 Diagramme
24 cm
ISBN:9780367903442
978-0-367-90344-2
9780367903459
978-0-367-90345-9