Earlier this month, I had a chance to see the Gotham Early Music Scene’s production of The Play of Daniel, a medieval Christmas pageant, performed as part of the annual Twelfth Night Festival at New York’s Trinity Church. The festival, which the church started several years ago, revives the idea . . . . Continue Reading »
German use of the Nibelungenlied epic varied with the changing fortunes of Germany. Continue Reading »
For medievals, sacred and secular didn't occupy two realms but interacted constantly, the sacred setting the terms of the encounter. Continue Reading »
Liberal arts in the medieval world. Continue Reading »
Emily, the lady-love of Chaucer's “Knight's Tale,” the first of the Canterbury Tales, appears in a garden, and the poet describes her as if where were part of the garden. She is Eve in Eden.But this is no Edenic world. The men who see her are locked out of Eden, locked, indeed, in prison. . . . . Continue Reading »
Allegory, psychology, and the twilight of the gods. Continue Reading »
Heiland retold the story of Jesus for barbarian warriors. Continue Reading »
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