Silence

This 13th-century Old French text, presented here with translation,is a neglected gem of medieval literature. It tells of a girl raised as a boy who becomes a famous knight, and whose capture of Merlin leads to the unmasking of deception, including her own. Whatever its sources, whether Geoffrey of Monmouth, "Eneas", or the Prose Vulgate, its most striking features are the play with language and the feminist stance, raising questions of women's silence and male disc... >Voir plus