This dissertation examines the way that three romances have been adapted from their source texts in non-Jewish European languages to suit their target Jewish audiences. It begins with a summary of the issues at stake in the study of such romances: namely, what does it mean to Ju…
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This thesis traces a set of economic, political, and religious themes woven through the mythology of King Arthur during the reign of the Tudor monarchs. Beginning in the reign of Henry VII, the story of King Arthur as told by Sir Thomas Malory underpinned a Celtic cultural reviv…
Medieval Arthurian literature stages perennial problems of intercultural contact and conflict, from ethnic contests between Britons and Saxons to family strife and ideological struggles within the Round Table fellowship itself. These struggles turn on categories of difference th…
Most medieval Arthurian literature is written by Christian authors trying to support their religious ideology. As a result, it is surprising the prevalence of pagan and supernatural elements in these texts. Many of the most well-known characters and symbols in these stories embo…