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Document Details : Title: Literatuur en geschiedenis Subtitle: De abele spelen en de Brabantse context omstreeks 1350-1400 Author(s): REYNAERT, Joris Journal: Spiegel der Letteren Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Date: 2020 Pages: 211-244 DOI: 10.2143/SDL.62.3.3288955 Abstract : The 14th-century Middle Dutch drama texts Esmoreit, Gloriant and Lanseloet, three of the so-called abele spelen (aristocratic worldly plays) in the ‘Van Hulthem’ collection (in or near Brussels, before circa 1405) have a chivalric love as their main theme. Apart from this central argument, at least three secondary topics are present in all three of the plays: an endangered dynasty, questions of aristocratic marriage policy, and strikingly prominent female characters. The article examines these aspects in relation to the historical context of which they could be a reflexion: the situation in Brabant under the reign of duchess Johanna (†1406) in the second half of the fourteenth century. |
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