The Romance of Adultery: Queenship and Sexual Transgression in Old French Literature

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Index Adelaide of Maurienne, Queen, 4-5 Adultery: accusations of, 1-2, 4, 1013 , IS, 19, 20, 23, 52-53, 103, 170, 171; ambiguous representation of, 18, 19, 22; as sin, 18, 19; condemnation of, 19, 34-36, 38-42; courtly, 86, 91, 99; crime against king, 18-19; 89; cliscoveryof, 60, 67, 81, 87, 89-90, 91, 103-108, 117, 122; interpretations of, 2; monogamous, 41, 45, 47, 115; moral attitudes toward, 22; of lung, 18; polItical stabIlity and, 100-101, 107-108, 117, 148-49; punishment of, 63-65,75,87,89,91,137 Agnes of Meran, 113 Agobard of Lyons, 52 Agravain, 89-90, 93, 96, 105 Alexander, 28-30 Alfonso VI, 14 Alis, 29, 37-38, 40, 47, 49, 51, 122-23, 136 Annulment, 113-14 Aristocracy, 20-21, 24, 119, 122 Armant, 68-69 Arthur, King, 16, 17-18, 25-26, 28, 29, 36,40,45,57-59,61-62,74,77,90, 92, 93-94, 96, 102-108, 116, 135, 136, 155, 160; ambivalence of, 103, 107; nephews of, 93-94, 96, 105, 108 Athanals, 120-24 Audret, 100 Baldwin II, 14, 126 BaldwIn III, 14 Baldwin, John W., 113-14, 141 Barons, of King Marc, 28, 32-33, 34, 66-67, 73, 82, 84-85, 86-87, 90-91, 93,94-95,96,98-102,119-20,122; of KIng Mark, 80-81; rivalry WIth Tristan, 73, 85, 94, 99 Barrenness. See: Queens: barren. Bartlett, Robert, 72 Baudouin de Sebourc, 126, 129-30 Baumgartner, EmmanueIe, 9 Bernard of Septimania, 52 Beroul, Roman de Tristan, 16-17, 23, 3233 ,72-82,84-8~90-92,94-9~96, 97,98,101,112-13,114,119,148 Bertholais, 68-69 Bertrada, Queen, 4 Blan~he of Burgundy, 171 Blanche of Castile, 9, 21, 169-70 Bloch, R. Howard, 20, 49, 56, 90-91 Body: as symbol, 31, 33-34, 38, 40-43, 46, 49, 54, 79, 82, 84, 108, 109-111, 117, 141, 157; doubling of, 38, 41, 4246 , 47; fragmentation of, 35, 38, 39, 41-42,45-46,47, 56, 114; integnty of, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 46, 49-51, 53, 58; knight's, 41; maternal, 134, 140; queen's, 23, 30-31, 41; reputation of, 39-41, 44-45; rhetorical definition of, 40 Bors, 28, 105 Boutet, DOffilnique, 136 Bri<;onnet, 165 Bruckner, Matilda, 97 Biihrer-Thierry, GeneVIeve, 3-4, 10, 52, 146,148 Burns, E. Jane, 73-75, 78, 79, III, 115, 117 Caradoc, King (father), 135-37, 139-40, 142, 155 220 Index Caradoc, King (son), 59, 63, 135-42, 155 Caviness, Madeline, 7, 9 La chanson de Roland, 69, 134. Charlemagne, 6, 136, 175 Charles IV, 6-7, 171, 175 Charles V, 6 Charles d'Alen\on, 165 Charles the Fat, II La chastelaine du "Vergier, 160 Chastity, 2, 9-10, II, 15, 23, 30-31, 53, 54, 68, 77, 82, 109, 124; tests of, 19, 23, 30,47,53,55-70,72,108,109,117 La chatelaine de "Vergi, 92-93, 96, 146, 149-50,153,156,160-61,164 Cholokian, Patricia, 162 Chretien de Troyes: Le chevalier de la charrete, 2, 17, 109-11, 117; Cliges, 19, 23, 28-30, 34-51, 114-15, 119, 122-24, 136, 137; Erec et Enide, 19 Chroniques de Saint Dents, 169 Clemence of Hungary, 174 Chges, 28-30, 35-41, 45, 47-50, 114, 122-23 Clothing, 72, 74-75, 80-81. See also: Coat, magic Coat, magic, 56-60 Consorttum regnt, 4. See also: Queens Constantine, King: wife of, 145 Conversion, 124, 128-33, 134-35; false, 130-31; refusal of, 131-32 Coronation, 15, 49 Counselors, of king, 120-21, 158-60. See also: Barons Count of Pontieu, 125 Court: and secrecy, 92-94; political stability of, 100-101; reputation of, 58-59, 68, 70 Cunegonde, Queen and Saint, 11-13 Danger. See: Queens: vulnerabIlity Daughter of Count of Pontieu, 124-31, 133, 134-35 Daughter of King Pelles, 107 Demoiselle de Lis, 28 Demoiselle d'Escalot, 105 Dismemberment. See Body: fragmentatIon of Dtt des annelets, 131-32 Divorce, I, II, 12-13, 121, 122 Douglas, Mary, 31, 33, 38 Drinking horn, 55-56, 59-68, 70 Drugs. See: Potion Du mantel mautaillti, 55, 56-59, 60, 61 Duby, Georges, 20, 21, 27, 74, 119-20, 123, 124 Duchess (La chatelaine de ~rgt), 156, 162-63, 166-67 Dynasty. See: Succession Edward III, 8 Eilhart von Oberg, Tristrant, 16 Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, 1-2, 5, 6, 11-13, 19, 22, 25-26, 132-33, 171, 172 Eleanor of Castile, 8 Eliavres, 135-41, 155 Elliott, Dyan, II Emperor of Rome, 120-24 Eneas, 137 Enguerrand de Marigny, 174 Eracle, 120-24 Ermengarde, Empress, 4 Esther, 4, 7-8 Eufeme, Queen, 147,148,155, 156 Exculpation. See: Judicial Battle; Oath: exculpatory; Ordeal Facinger, Marion, 4-5 Farmer, Sharon, 9 FawtIer, Robert, 169 Fenice, Empress, 19, 29-30, 34-51, 53, 114-15,119,122-23,146,147 Fertility, 6-8, 10, II, 13 LaftlIe du comte de Pontteu, 124-31, 134, 142,143,164 Fine amor, 17 Ftrst Continuation ofthe Old French Perceval, 55. See also: Le livre de Caradoc Folie Trtstan, 16 Foucault, Michel, 79, 82-83 Fourth Lateran Council, 71 Fradenburg, Louise, 60,79 Fran\ois I, 165 Freeman, Michelle, 35 Froissart,8 Index 221 Galahad,28 Galehot,97 Galeta, 58-59 Ganelon,69 Gaunt, Simon, 22 Gautier d'Aras, Eracle, 120-24, 137 Gautier d'Aunay, 171 Gauvain, 28, 58, 105-107 Gender: and royal sovereignty, 2, 14; and royal succeSSIon, 14-15, 21, 17477 Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, 25 Gottfned von Strassburg, Trtstan, 16-17, 72,80-81 Government, evolution of, 90 Grail, 18, 24, 173 Gravdal, Kathryn, 154 Grimbert, Joan Tasker, 6 Guenevere, Queen, 15, 17-19, 24, 25-27, 61-62, 85, 87, 89-90, 93-94, 96, 101, 102-108, 109-111, 112, 116-17, 136, 139, 141,143,146,147,152,173 Guignier, 59, 63, 136 Guillaume de Dole, Le roman de la rose, 72 Helain Ie Blanc, 28 Helen, 45, 48 Henri de Navarre, 165 Henry I, 7, 14 Henry II (of England), 6, 13, 14, 25, 133 Henry II, Emperor and Saint, 11-13 Heraclius, 120 Hindman, Sandra, 20 Holladay, Joan, 6-7 Homosocial relationships, 27, 78, 86, 87, 167 Hugues de Ferte, 169 Huneycutt, Lois, 7, 14 Hunt, Tony, 16 Huot, Sylvia, 49 Illegitimacy, 18, 24, 27-28, 32-33, 118, 119-20, 123, 133-34, 135-37, 142, 172-74. See also: Legitimacy Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen, 5, 113-14, 141 Innocent III, Pope, 113-14 Irene, Empress, 175 Isabel, Queen, 5 Iseut, Queen, 15, 17-19,26,28, 29, 32-33,34-42,44-45,47,48,62-69, 72- 82,84-85,87-89,90-91,93,9495 ,96,97,98-102,108,111-1~114-16, 119, 122, 136, 139, 141, 143, 147, 152, 173 Islam, 124, 126-27, 128 Isolde, 72, 80-81 IlistOtre de la chastelaine du Vergter et de TrtStan le chevalter, 160 IudicumDei. See: Ordeal Jean dJAvesnes, 126, 130-31 Jean du Bellay, 165 Jeanne, daughter of Louis X, 174-75 Jeanne d'Albret, 165 Jeanne de Navarre, 10 Jeanne d'Evreux, 6-7, 9 Jeanne of Burgundy, 171 Jezebel, Queen, 146, 159 John 1,174 John of Salisbury, I, 12 Jonin, Pierre, 114 Judgments of queens, 19, 23, 30, 52, 139, 156-58; subversions of, 53-54. See also: Chastity: tests of; Oath: exculpatory; Ordeal Judicial Battle, 66-69, 71, 116. See also: Ordeal; Oath: exculpatory Judith, Empress, 3-4, 52-54, 82, 146, 148,152 Justice, immanent, 69, 70 Kantorowicz, Ernst, 43, 175 Kelly, Douglas, 17 Keu, 57-58, 110 King: knight's rivalry with, 86, 14°-41; relationship to vassals, 158; sovereign authority of, 33-34, 53-54, 73-74, 79-81, 91, 110, 124, 141, 148-49; two bodies of, 42-43, 53, 54, 79, 80, 157, 175; vulnerabIlity of, 53 222 Index Kingship, 5, 60, 79, 137; evolution of, 15, 90-91 Kohler, Ench, 20 Kristeva, Julia, Powers ofHorror, 33 Krueger, Roberta, 109-111, 117 Le lai du corn, 55, 59, 60, 61 Lamorat de Gales, 61-62, 68 Lancelot, 15, 17-18, 24, 26, 27, 28, 85, 87, 89-90,93-94, 96, 97, 102-108, 110-II, 116-17, 141, 153; Lancelot: romances about, 16, 65 Lausengiers, 92-93, 94 Law, 63, 69, 72, 89, 90, 113; Salk, 175 Layamon,25 Legitlffiacy, II, 22, 31, 49, 122, 131, 167 Leprosy, 8o Lewis, Andrew W., 174 Life ofCunegonde, 11-12 Le ltvre de Caradoc, 27, 55, 59, 60, 61, 120, 135-43, 155 Loholt,26 Lothar,52 LOUIS VI, 4 LOUIS VII, I, 5, 12-13, 25, 132-33 Louis VIII, 169 LOUIS IX, 169 Louis X, 171, 174 Louis the Pious, 3,52,54,82 Louise de Savoie, 165 Marc, King, 28, 29, 32-33, 39,47, 55, 61-69,73-82,84-85,86,87-89,90, 91, 93, 94-95, 96-97, 98- 102, 105, 107,113,115-16,119-20,122,136,141; ambivalence of, 67, 74, 87, 96-97, 100-101, 148 Marchello-Nizia, Christiane, 27, 86, 91, 99,101,108,109,140 Marguerite de Navarre, 165-66; Ilheptameron , 160-68 Marguerite of Burgundy, 171, 174 Marie de Champagne, 2, III MarIe de France: Chevrefeuil, 16; Lanval, 96, 155-60, 164, 166, 167, 168 Mark, King, 80-81; ambivalence of, 81 Martindale, Jane, 12 Maternity, 127, 160-67. See also: Queens: maternity Mathilda, Queen (wife of Henry I), 7 Matilda, daughter of Henry I, 14, 176 Meleagant, 109-111 Melisende, Queen, 14-15, 176 Menestrel de Reims. See: RiCtts dJun menestrel de Reims Metaphor, 35-38, 41, 47, 56, 99, 108 Metonymy, 99, 108 Le miroir des dames, 10 Monarchy: Capetian, 4,5-6,21,22, 164-65, 172, 175; Carohngian, 10, 5254 ; evolution of, 5; hereditary, 5-6, 122-23, 137; Valois, 165, 172 Monogamy, 35 Mordred, 25-26, 28, 146 Morgan, 61-62, 68, 103,108 Morrois Forest, 73, 76, 84, 97, 112, 114 La mort Ie rm Artu, 28, 89-90, 107 Murder, accusation of, 10 Mutilation. See: Body: fragmentation of; VIolence Narrative convention, II, 126-27, 153 Nelson, Janet, 3, 146, 175 Oath: exculpatory, 20, 52-54, 71, 73, 78, 82, 90; in Judicial battle, 69 Ordeal, II-I3, 20, 23, 70-75, 78, 79, 81, 82, 91, III; historiography of, 71-72, 82 Owen, D. D. R., 25-26 Parides, 121, 123 Paris (lover of Helen), 45, 48 Parsons, John Carmi, 6, 8, 9, 13, 43 Partonopeu de Blots, 137 Payen, Jean-Charles, 93 Peter the Venerable, 126 Philip I, 4 Phihp II Augustus, 5, 113-14, 141 PhilIp IV the Fair, 10, 22, 24, 165, 17174 ,176 Philip V, 171, 174 PhilIp VI, 172 PhIlip d'Aunay, 171 Index 223 Philippa, Queen, 8 Philippe de Beaumanoir, 90 Pillitre. See: Potion Pinabel,69 Pleasure: sexual, 49, 86, 117, 176; literary, 119 Political theory, 42-43 Pollution, 31 Possession, of queen, 98, 108, 110 Potion, 19, 37, 38, 43-45, 46, 113, 122, 147 Potiphar's wife, 146 Pregnancy, 165; false, 161, 163-64, 165 Prose Lancelot, 17, 89,94, 102-105, 11617 , 141, 153 Prose Trzstan, 16-17, 55-56, 59, 60-69, 87-89, 90, 95, 97, 100, 113, 115-16, 119-20 Pyramus, 48, 49 Queen of Hungary, 153-54 Queens: arranging marriages, 9, 112, 152; as intercessors, 7-9, 13, 30, 101-102, 150; authority in fictional court, 19; barren, 11-13, 23-24, 25-27, 30, 33-34, 83,119-20,123,124,141,142-43,160; books for, 6-7, 9-10, IS; Capetian, 4, 21, 113, 146, 160, 172; Carolingian, 34 , 10, 52-54, 146; financial resources, 3, 6, 15; in curta regIS, 4; in royal documents , 3, 4; intimacy WIth king, 3, 5, 7, 8-9, 10, 30, 109, 113-14, 150, 158; lineage, 5; marginalized from power, 4-6, 8, 13, 172; maternity, 3, 5, 6-9, 10, 13, IS, 21, 26, 30, 38, 42-43, 46, 47,49,83,109,114, 124,140-43,150, 165, 168-70, 173; Merovingian, 3, 146; power of, 3, 10, 52, 14; vulnerability of, 5, 10-II, 13, 17, 19, 53, 89, 91, 108, 117, 141-43. See also: Body: queen's Queenship, 2, 3,6,20-21,79,109,122; evolution of, 14-15, 23, 102, 146 Rape, 125 Raymond of Antioch, 1-2, 11-13, 26, 133, 171 Ricits dJun menestrel de Rezms, 12-13, 132-33, 170 Regency, 4, 6, 9, 14, 21, 169-70 Renzi, Lorenzo, 122-23 Reproduction. See: Maternity; Queens: maternity; Succession Repudiation, II, 131-32, 171 Richardis, Queen, II Ritual, 8-9, 13, 15, 33, 69, 72, 78, 79, 82, 102 Robert of Ketton, 126 Romain Frangipani, 170 Le roman de laManekine, 168 Le roman de Szlence, 19, 146, 147, 148, 149, 154-55,156,160,164, 167,168 Le roman des sept sages, 19, 144-45, 14748 ,149,150-52,154-55,156,160,164, 167,168 Le romans de la dame a la lycorne, 153-54 Said, Edward, 126 Saladin, 126-29, 132-33, 134 Salernitan Physicians, 44-45, 47, 49, 50, 53 Salk law, 175 Samson, wife of, 145 Saracens, 126-27, 131; religIon of, 128-30 Secrecy, 30, 45-46, 85, 87-89, 91, 95, 96, 98-102,115,116,117, 124,149,158,162 Sexual transgression, 47 Sexuality: in romances, 22; queen's transgressive, 23, 115-18, 123, 144-49 Sherman, Claire Richter, 6 Silence, 96-98 Silence (character), 147, 148, 155 Sin, III. See also: Adultery: as sin Solomon, 44; wife of, 44-45, 47, 145 Soredamors, 29 Sovereignty. See: Gender: and royal sovereignty ; Kings: sovereign authority Spectacle: queen as, 74-75, 76-78 Speculum dominarum, 10 Spiegel, Gabrielle, 5 Stafford, Pauline, 7, 10, 176 Stary, J. M., 99 Stephen of Blois, King, 14 Strohm, Paul, 8, 13 224 Index Succession, 2, 5-9, 12-13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 24,27-3~ 32-33,38-39,49, 109,11920 ,122-24,126,127,133-35,150-52, 162, 164-66, 172-77; exclusion of women, 172-77; of illegitimate son, 136-37, 42. See also: Gender: and royal succession Sultan ofAumarie, 125-6 Taboo, 31, 33 Thessala, 38 Thibaut, Roman de la potre, 48-50 Thibaut (Lafille), 124-25, 134 Thierry, 69 Thisbe,48 Thomas of England, Roman de Tristan, 16-1~72,80-8~97,119 Torture. See Violence Tristan, 15, 17-19, 29, 32-33, 39, 40, 47,48,49,62-69,73-82,84-85,8789 ,90-91,93,94-95,96,97,98-102, 112-13, 115-16, 119, 141, 173 Trtstan stories, 16-17, 19, 22, 28, 29, 32, 47, 93, 94, 97, 98, 102, 108, 119, 122, 123 Urraca, Queen, 14-15 La vengeance Raguidel, 55, 60 Violence, 36-37, 44-45, 48-49, 53, 152-54 Virgin Mary, 7-8 Wace, Le roman de Brut, 25-26 Widow, 161, 169-70 William of Tyre, I Witchcraft: accusation of, 10, II, 13, 114 Wolfzettel, Friedrich, 122-23 Women: and succession, 174-77 Wood, Charles T., 174-75 Ysave,135-40,142,155 TIaye Ie Triste, 172 ...