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Feats and Feasts: The Valorization of Sir Gareth of Orkney’s “Grete Laboure”

Feats and Feasts: The Valorization of Sir Gareth of Orkney’s “Grete Laboure” In the late fifteenth century, when persistent political strife had dimmed the aura of the English warrior aristocrat and when non-nobles reshaped the discourses of power, Sir Thomas Malory reaffirmed chivalric society in a bold way. In his <i>Tale of Gareth</i> the Arthurian synthesizer closely aligned knightly <i>worshyp</i> with that same manual work—burden and mark of the peasant—traditionally juxtaposed to the noble lifestyle. There the young Sir Gareth of Orkney rejects aristocratic entitlement and parasitism, and his social advance carefully pairs martial <i>laboure</i> with the needful, Rabelaisian replenishment served by a good appetite. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Feats and Feasts: The Valorization of Sir Gareth of Orkney’s “Grete Laboure”

Studies in Philology , Volume 113 (2) – Apr 6, 2016

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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © 2008 The University of North Carolina Press.
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1543-0383

Abstract

In the late fifteenth century, when persistent political strife had dimmed the aura of the English warrior aristocrat and when non-nobles reshaped the discourses of power, Sir Thomas Malory reaffirmed chivalric society in a bold way. In his <i>Tale of Gareth</i> the Arthurian synthesizer closely aligned knightly <i>worshyp</i> with that same manual work—burden and mark of the peasant—traditionally juxtaposed to the noble lifestyle. There the young Sir Gareth of Orkney rejects aristocratic entitlement and parasitism, and his social advance carefully pairs martial <i>laboure</i> with the needful, Rabelaisian replenishment served by a good appetite.

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Studies in PhilologyUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 6, 2016

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