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Le Roman de Silence, the Glossary

Le Roman de Silence is an octosyllabic verse Old French roman in the Picard dialect, dated to the first half of the 13th century.^[1]

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Arthurian literature in French
Cross-dressing in literature
Medieval French romances
Old French texts

Antifeminism

Antifeminism, also spelled anti-feminism, is opposition to feminism.

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Arthuriana

Arthuriana is a quarterly journal published by the North American branch of the International Arthurian Society.

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Cador

Cador (Cadorius) is a legendary Duke of Cornwall, known chiefly through Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae and previous manuscript sources such as the Life of Carantoc.

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Chivalric romance

As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.

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Chrétien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes (Crestien de Troies; 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval and the Holy Grail.

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The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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Gender binary

The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously.

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Gender identity

Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender.

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Gender neutrality

Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender.

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Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person pronouns

A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener.

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Gender role

A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex.

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Gender studies

Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Historical romance

Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.

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List of Le Roman de Silence characters

This page lists all of the characters in the 13th-century Old French Le Roman de Silence by Heldris de Cornuälle. Le Roman de Silence and list of Le Roman de Silence characters are Arthurian literature in French.

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Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham Information Services

Manuscripts and Special Collections is part of Libraries, Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. Le Roman de Silence and Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham Information Services are University of Nottingham.

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Masculinity

Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys.

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain (matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Merlin

Merlin (Myrddin, Merdhyn, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, with several other main roles.

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Minstrel

A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe.

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Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls.

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Mother Nature

Mother Nature (sometimes known as Mother Earth or the Earth Mother) is a personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it, in the form of a mother or mother goddess.

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Nature versus nurture

Nature versus nurture is a long-standing debate in biology and society about the relative influence on human beings of their genetic inheritance (nature) and the environmental conditions of their development (nurture).

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.

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Percival

Percival (also written Perceval, Parzival, Parsifal), alternatively called Peredur, is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table.

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Philogyny

Philogyny is fondness, love or admiration of women.

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Picard language

Picard (also) is a langue d'oïl of the Romance language family spoken in the northernmost of France and parts of Hainaut province in Belgium.

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Sex

Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes.

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Sex–gender distinction

While in ordinary speech, the terms sex and gender are often used interchangeably, in contemporary academic literature, the terms often have distinct meanings, especially when referring to people.

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Transvestism

Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender.

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Trope (literature)

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

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Unrequited love

Unrequited love or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved.

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Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roman_de_Silence

Also known as Heldris de Cornuälle, Roman de Silence.

Le Roman de Silence, the Glossary

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See also

Arthurian literature in French

Cross-dressing in literature

Medieval French romances

Old French texts

References