Treason : Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- The Shameful Business of Betrayal and Treason -- Larissa Tracy -- Part 1 -- The Politics of Treason -- Chapter 1 -- Wiglaf's Sword: The Coming of the State -- Frank Battaglia -- Chapter 2 -- In Sickness and in Health: the Boethian Narrative of the Two Geralds of Brecon -- Sarah J. Sprouse -- Chapter 3 -- Treasonous and Dishonorable Conduct: the Private Dimension of Treason and Chivalric Reform in Late Medieval Florence -- Peter Sposato -- Chapter 4 -- Royal Punishment and Reconciliation in Trastámara Castile -- Samuel A. Claussen -- Chapter 5 -- "A somewhat too cruel vengeance was taken for the blood of the slain": Royal Punishment of Rebels, Traitors, and Political Enemies in Medieval Scotland, c. 1100-c. 1250 -- Iain A. MacInnes -- Part 2 -- Religious Treason and Heresy -- Chapter 6 -- Revolt in Heaven: Lucifer's Treason in Genesis B -- Daniel Thomas -- Chapter 7 -- Blessed Betrayal: The Opportunity of Treachery in Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Texts -- Sally Shockro -- Chapter 8 -- Legal Ramifications of Ordeals and Treason in Morant und Galie -- Tina Marie Boyer -- Chapter 9 -- Religious Identity, Loyalty, and Treason in the Cycle du roi -- Ana Grinberg -- Chapter 10 -- Traitors Respond: English Catholic Polemical Strategies against Accusations of Treason at the End of the Sixteenth Century -- Freddy C. Domínguez -- Part 3 -- Treasonous Love: Adultery and Shame -- Chapter 11 -- Treason and Deception in Late Medieval German Romances and Novels Königin Sibille, Melusine, and Malagis -- Albrecht Classen -- Chapter 12 -- Treacherous Women at King Arthur's Court: Punishment and Shame -- Inna Matyushina -- Chapter 13 -- Treason and the Feast in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur -- Melissa Ridley Elmes -- Chapter 14.

'Tis Fearful Sleeping in a Serpent's Bed': Arden of Faversham and the Threat of the Petty Traitor -- Dianne Berg -- Chapter 15 -- The Spatial Configuration of Shame in La Princesse de Clèves -- Susan Small -- Conclusion -- The Shame Game, from Guinevere to Cersei: Adultery, Treason, and Betrayal -- Larissa Tracy -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Set against the framework of modern political concerns, Treason: Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame considers the various forms of treachery in a variety of sources, including literature, historical chronicles, and material culture creating a complex portrait of the development of this high crime.

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