M. Jan. 30 St Margaret of Antioch—versions <strong>in</strong> Middle English Legends of Women Sa<strong>in</strong>ts (111-168)St Kather<strong>in</strong>e of Alex<strong>and</strong>ria––versions <strong>in</strong> Middle English Legends of Women Sa<strong>in</strong>ts (169-221)Supplementary Read<strong>in</strong>gs:*Sarah Salih, “Introduction: Sa<strong>in</strong>ts, Cults <strong>and</strong> Lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Late</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong>Engl<strong>and</strong>,” <strong>in</strong> A Companion to Middle English Hagiography, ed. Salih(Cambridge, 2006), pp. 1-24 (R)*Claire M. Waters, “Power <strong>and</strong> Authority,” <strong>in</strong> Companion to Middle EnglishHagiography, pp. 70-86 (R)*Karen W<strong>in</strong>stead, any chapter from Virg<strong>in</strong> Martyrs: Legends of Sa<strong>in</strong>thood <strong>in</strong><strong>Late</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong> (Ithaca, 1997) (R)Kather<strong>in</strong>e Lewis, “’Lete Me Suffre’: Read<strong>in</strong>g the Torture of St Margaret ofAntioch <strong>in</strong> <strong>Late</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>,” <strong>in</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong> Women: Texts <strong>and</strong>Contexts <strong>in</strong> <strong>Late</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong> Brita<strong>in</strong>: Essays for Felicity Riddy, ed. Wogan-Browne, Voaden, Diamond, Hutchison, Meale, <strong>and</strong> Johnson (Turnhout,2000), pp. 69-82 (R)Kather<strong>in</strong>e Lewis, any chapter from The Cult of St Kather<strong>in</strong>e of Alex<strong>and</strong>ria <strong>in</strong><strong>Late</strong> <strong>Medieval</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong> (Woodbridge, 2000)(R)Siobha<strong>in</strong> Bly Calk<strong>in</strong>, “Saracens <strong>and</strong> English Christian Identity <strong>in</strong> SeyntKater<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> Seynt Mergrete,” <strong>in</strong> Saracens <strong>and</strong> the Mak<strong>in</strong>g of EnglishIdentity (New York, 2005) (R)M. Feb. 6 Excerpts from: Lives of St. Thomas Becket <strong>and</strong> his parents (available from profor onl<strong>in</strong>e through WebCT l<strong>in</strong>k to:www.archive.org/details/earlysouthengli00librgoog, Book pp. 106-25,157-77; e-book pp. beg<strong>in</strong> 162)Excerpts from Digby MS Play of Mary Magdalen (read enough to get sense ofsa<strong>in</strong>t’s life, then focus on episodes <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g the K<strong>in</strong>g of Marsyle afterMary’s repentance/conversion; available on-l<strong>in</strong>e by WebCT l<strong>in</strong>k to:www.umm.ma<strong>in</strong>e.edu/faculty/necastro/drama/magdalene.txt)Supplementary Read<strong>in</strong>gs:*Beth Crachiolo, “See<strong>in</strong>g the Gender<strong>in</strong>g of Violence: Female <strong>and</strong> MaleMartyrs <strong>in</strong> the South English Legendary,” <strong>in</strong> A Great Effusion ofBlood? Interpret<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Medieval</strong> Violence, ed. Meyerson, Tiery <strong>and</strong> Falk(Toronto, 2004), pp. 147-63 (R)Dawn Marie Hayes, “Body as Champion of Church Authority <strong>and</strong> SacredPlace: The Murder of Thomas Becket,” <strong>in</strong> A Great Effusion of Blood?,pp. 190-215 (R)*Suzanne Conkl<strong>in</strong> Akbari, Idols <strong>in</strong> the East: European Representations of6
Islam <strong>and</strong> the Orient, 1100-1450 (Ithaca, 2009), Chapter 5 “EmptyIdols <strong>and</strong> a False Prophet,” pp. 200-47 (From Professor)M. Feb. 13 Due Date: Edit<strong>in</strong>g AssignmentF<strong>in</strong>ish Becket <strong>and</strong> Digby Mary Magdalen if necessaryRichard Coer de Lyon (available as PDF on l<strong>in</strong>e at WebCT l<strong>in</strong>k towww.archive.org/details/dermittelenglisc00brun), l<strong>in</strong>es 1-3758Supplementary Read<strong>in</strong>gs:*Gerald<strong>in</strong>e Heng, Empire of Magic: <strong>Medieval</strong> Romance <strong>and</strong> the Politics ofCultural Fantasy (New York, 2003), pp. 17-46 <strong>and</strong> Chapter 2 (“TheRomance of Engl<strong>and</strong>: Richard Coer de Lyon <strong>and</strong> the Politics of Race,Religion, Sexuality, <strong>and</strong> Nation”) (R)Nicola F. McDonald, “Eat<strong>in</strong>g People <strong>and</strong> the Alimentary Logic of RichardCoeur de Lion,” <strong>in</strong> Pulp Fictions of <strong>Medieval</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>: Essays <strong>in</strong>Popular Romance, ed. McDonald (Manchester, 2004), pp. 124-50 (R)Alan Ambrisco, “Cannibalism <strong>and</strong> Cultural Encounters <strong>in</strong> Richard Coeur deLion,” Journal of <strong>Medieval</strong> <strong>and</strong> Early Modern Studies 29.3 (1999):499-528 (R)M. Feb. 20 NO CLASS––READING WEEKM. Feb. 27 F<strong>in</strong>ish Richard Coer de Lyon, l<strong>in</strong>es 3758-7212Supplementary Read<strong>in</strong>gs:John F<strong>in</strong>layson, “Richard Coer de Lyon romance, history or someth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>between?” Studies <strong>in</strong> Philology 87.2 (1990): 156-80 (R)Lesley A. Coote, “Laugh<strong>in</strong>g at Monsters <strong>in</strong> Richard Coeur de Lyon,” <strong>in</strong> GrantRisee? The <strong>Medieval</strong> Comic Presence: Essays <strong>in</strong> memory of Brian J.Levy, ed. Tudor <strong>and</strong> H<strong>in</strong>dley (Turnhout, 2006), pp. 193-211 (R)M. Mar. 5 The Chronicle of the Third Crusade: The It<strong>in</strong>erarium Peregr<strong>in</strong>orum et GestaRegis Ricardi, trans. Nicholson (Aldershot, 1997) (R)––pp. 23-35, 38-9, 142-6, 201-8, 213, 220-31, 251-61, 269-81, 294-5,297, 300-2, 339-43, 347-86Bahā’ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād, The Rare <strong>and</strong> Excellent History of Salad<strong>in</strong>, trans.Richards (Aldershot, 2002) (R)––pp. 28-29, 35-38, 72-78, 101-6, 146-8, 150-1, 155-65, 172-8,185-6, 192-6, 217-33, 2367