Queeste - Current Issue

Abstract A key pillar in medieval courtly ethics was the principle of mesura, which prescribed a balanced and controlled experience of emotions. This courtly code of conduct has influenced Middle Dutch literature in general but is, according to previous research, particularly apparent in Lantsloot vander Haghedochte (c. 1250), a Middle Dutch adaptation of the Old French Lancelot en prose (c. 1215-1230). Frits van Oostro Read More

Abstract In the fourteenth-century epic Roman van Limborch the Saracens feature prominently. In particular, the Saracen character Demophon plays an important role in the second half of this extensive Middle Dutch chivalric tale. This article examines how the narrator of the Limborch relates to the conventional and stereotypical representations of the Saracens in contemporary epic literature. How does he vary in the d Read More