BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news560@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240901T193719 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240904T111500 SUMMARY:Othon III de Grandson: The Story of a Lover-Knight’s Success at t he Court of Edward III DESCRIPTION:Christine de Pizan\, Le Maingre and the Marquis of Santillane g enerously praise Othon de Grandson as a significant European lover-knight. This presentation first explores the nature of the comments made by such eminent poets and continues with an investigation of his influence at the court of Edward III on the occasion of his repeated visits in the last dec ades of the fourteenth century. The presentation argues that Othon de Gran dson’s success and influence at the court of the English king can only b e understood in the light of his endorsement and self-representation of th e role of the late fourteenth-century lover-knight\, which distinguishes h im from several of his English contemporaries\, including Chaucer.\\r\\nDe nis Renevey is Professor of Medieval English Language and Literature at th e University of Lausanne. He specialises in late medieval and devotional l iterature\, medieval religious writings for and by women\, and Chaucer and his fourteenth-century contemporaries. He has led Swiss National Science Foundation projects on published on Religiosity in Late Medieval England\, on Northern English Saints\, and currently heads a project on the Apophat ic Tradition in Late Medieval England. He is the author of numerous articl es and editions on devotional works\, and the monographs Language\, Self a nd Love: Hermeneutics in the Writings of Richard Rolle (University of Wale s Press\, 2001) and Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Late Medieval English Literature (OUP\, 2022). X-ALT-DESC:

Christine de Pizan\, Le Maingre and the Marquis of Santillane generously praise Othon de Grandson as a significant European lover-knigh t. This presentation first explores the nature of the comments made by suc h eminent poets and continues with an investigation of his influence at th e court of Edward III on the occasion of his repeated visits in the last d ecades of the fourteenth century. The presentation argues that Othon de Gr andson’s success and influence at the court of the English king can only be understood in the light of his endorsement and self-representation of the role of the late fourteenth-century lover-knight\, which distinguishes him from several of his English contemporaries\, including Chaucer.

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Denis Renevey is Professor of Medieval English Languag e and Literature at the University of Lausanne. He specialises in late med ieval and devotional literature\, medieval religious writings for and by w omen\, and Chaucer and his fourteenth-century contemporaries. He has led S wiss National Science Foundation projects on published on Religiosity in L ate Medieval England\, on Northern English Saints\, and currently heads a project on the Apophatic Tradition in Late Medieval England. He is the aut hor of numerous articles and editions on devotional works\, and the monogr aphs Language\, Self and Love: Hermeneutics in the Writings of Richard Rolle (University of Wales Press\, 2001) and Devotion to the Nam e of Jesus in Late Medieval English Literature (OUP\, 2022).

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