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Gloriant
Gloriant is a Middle Dutch drama. It is one of the four ''abele spelen'' ("able plays") contained in the Van Hulthem Manuscript, and consists of 1,142 lines in rhyme. The other abele spelen are ''Esmoreit'', ''Lanseloet van Denemerken'' and ''Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer''. The play is named after the male protagonist Gloriant, duke of Bruuyswijc. It deals with the love between two people of different religion and is followed by the ''sotternie'' (farce) '' Buskenblaser''. One of its sources is the 14th-century ''chanson de geste'' ''Baudouin de Sebourc''. Roles * Gheraert (uncle of duke Gloriant) * Godevaert (friend of duke Gloriant) * Gloriant (Duke of Bruuyswijc) * Florentijn die maghet (daughter of Rodelioen) * Rogier (servant of Florentijn) * Rode Lioen (Rodelioen, Lord of Abelant) * Floerant (cousin of Rodelioen) * De Hangdief (the executioner) Plot Gloriant is the duke of Bruuyswijc and a bachelor by heart. His relatives Gheraert and Godevaert urge him to marry t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abele Spelen
The abele spelen ({{IPA-nl, ˈaːbələ ˈspeːlə(n)) are a collection of four plays contained in the Van Hulthem Manuscript, which dates from 1410 and is in the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels (shelfmark hs. 15.589-623). The word ‘abele’ means ‘noble’, and the ‘spelen’ means ‘plays’. In this sense the word ‘noble’ is used as the opposite of ‘religious’, i.e. 'profane'. The "noble plays" date from around 1350. They are the oldest plays of a worldly, non-religious nature known in the Dutch language, and among the oldest known in West-European theatre. All four plays concern love, and are written in the style of stories of ''hoofse liefde'' or courtly love (note that the word ‘hof’ means ‘court’). Respectively, the amorous pairs in the plays are Esmoreit and Damiët, Gloriant and Florentijn, Lanseloet and Sanderijn, Winter and Somer, the latter being an allegory. The four abele spelen are: * Esmoreit (1018 lines) * Gloriant ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baudouin De Sebourc
''Baudouin de Sebourc'' is a fourteenth-century French ''chanson de geste'' which probably formed part of a cycle related to the Crusades, and may well be related to '' Bâtard de Bouillon''. The poem was likely composed c. 1350 in Hainaut. The poem consists of 25,750 lines and is retained in two manuscript copies and was printed in 1841; a critical edition wasn't published until 1940. This edition, by Edmond-René Labande, advanced two ideas about the poem. The first was that it should be dated to the middle of the fourteenth century rather than earlier in that century, and the second that it was written by two poets—the first a very capable writer with a fine sense of humor, the second a much less original one. Plot According to Claassens, the plot "is impossible to summarize ... briefly". The main character's father, King Ernoul of Nijmegen, travels to the Orient to deliver his brother from Saracen captivity. In the meantime his seneschal, Gaufroi of Friesland, takes Ernoul' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmoreit
Esmoreit is a Middle Dutch drama. It is one of the four ''abele spelen'' ("able plays") contained in the Van Hulthem Manuscript and consists of 1,018 lines in rhyme. The other ''abele spelen'' are: '' Gloriant'', ''Lanseloet van Denemerken'' and ''Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer''. The play is named after the male protagonist Esmoreit, crown prince of the Kingdom of Sicily. It deals with the love between two people of different social classes and is followed by the ''sotternie'' ( farce) ''Lippijn''. One of its sources is the 14th-century ''chanson de geste'' ''Baudouin de Sebourc''. Roles *Robbrecht (nephew of the king of Sicily) *Meester (Master Platus, chamberlain to the king of Damascus) *de coninc (de king of Damascus) *de jonge (jonc)vrouwe Damiët (daughter of the king of Damascus) *de kersten coninc/sijn vader (the (Christian) king of Sicily) *de vrouwe/sine moeder (queen of Sicily and mother of Esmoreit) *de jonghelinc (Esmoreit, crown-prince of Sicily, raised at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanseloet Van Denemerken
''Lanseloet van Denemerken'' (Lancelot of Denmark) is a Middle Dutch drama. It is one of the four ''abele spelen'' ("able plays") contained in the Van Hulthem Manuscript and consists of 925 lines in rhyme.Annelies van Gijsen,Love and Marriage: Fictional Perspectives, ''Showing Status: Representation of Social Positions in the Late Middle Ages'', 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2019. The other ''abele spelen'' are: ''Esmoreit'', ''Gloriant'', and ''Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer''. The play ''Lanseloet van Denemerken'' deals with the (impossible) love between people of a different social class. It is followed by the ''sotternie'' (farce) '' Die Hexe''.Hans van Dijk,The Drama Texts in the Van Hulthem Manuscript, ''Medieval Dutch Literature in its European Context'', 1994. Retrieved 3 October 2019. Roles * Lanseloet * Sanderijn * Sine moeder (Lanseloet's mother) * Een ridder (a knight, husband of Sanderijn) * Reinout (manservant of Lanseloet) * Des ridders warande huedere (the knight's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanden Winter Ende Vanden Somer
Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer is a Middle Dutch drama. It is the shortest of the four ''abele spelen'' ("able plays") contained in the Van Hulthem Manuscript, comprising 625 lines in rhyme. The other abele spelen are: ''Esmoreit'', ''Gloriant'' and ''Lanseloet van Denemerken''. The play deals with the battle between Winter and Summer and their role in arousing erotic love. The play is followed by the ''sotternie'' (farce) Rubben. Roles * Venus (goddess of love) * Die Winter * Die Somer * Loiaert (on Winter's side, ''lazy man'') * Moyaert (on Somer's side, ''dandy'') * Clappaert (on Winter's side, ''talks a mile a minute'') * Bollaert (on Somer's side, ''boaster'') * Die Cockien (''tramp'') Plot The main figures Winter and Somer and their companions have a fierce debate about which of the two is the most important season of the year for making love. Both are convinced they are: Winter because of the long nights indoors; Somer because of the "happy season for happy hearts" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or c. 1550, there was no overarching standard language, but all dialects were mutually intelligible. During that period, a rich Medieval Dutch literature developed, which had not yet existed during Old Dutch. The various literary works of the time are often very readable for speakers of Modern Dutch since Dutch is a rather conservative language. Phonology Differences with Old Dutch Several phonological changes occurred leading up to the Middle Dutch period. * Earlier Old Dutch , , merge into already in Old Dutch. * Voiceless fricatives become voiced syllable-initially: > , > (merging with from Proto-Germanic ), > . (10th or 11th century) * > * > or . The outcome is dialect-specific, with found in more western dialects and further east. This results in later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Dutch Literature
Middle Dutch literature (1150–1500) is the Dutch literature produced in the Low Countries from the 12th century to the 16th century. It is preceded by only a few fragmentary texts existing in Old Dutch, and it was succeeded by Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature. Early stages In the first stages of Dutch literature, poetry was the predominant form of literary expression. In the Low Countries as in the rest of Europe, courtly romance and poetry were popular genres during the Middle Ages. The chivalric epic was a popular genre as well, often featuring King Arthur or Charlemagne (''Karel'') as protagonist (with notable example of '' Karel ende Elegast'', Dutch for "Charlemagne and the elf-spirit/elf-guest"). The first Dutch language writer known by name is the 12th-century County of Loon poet Henric van Veldeke, an early contemporary of Walther von der Vogelweide. Van Veldeke wrote courtly love poetry, a hagiography of Saint Servatius and an epic retelling of the ''Aene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Dutch People
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to literature, written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short story, short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any Media (communication), medium, including not just writings but also drama, live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or character (arts), characters who ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Dukes And Duchesses
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Plays
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Digital Library For Dutch Literature
The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, secondary literature and additional information, like biographies, portrayals etcetera, and hyperlinks. The DBNL is an initiative by the DBNL foundation that was founded in 1999 by the Society of Dutch Literature (Dutch: Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde). Building of the DNBL was made possible by donations, among others, from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek or NWO) and the Nederlandse Taalunie. From 2008 to 2012, the editor was René van Stipriaan. The work is done by eight people in Leiden (as of 2013: The Hague), 20 students, and 50 people in the Philippines who scan and type the texts. As of 2020, the library is being maintained by a collaboration of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
