Between Two Armies: The Place of the Duel in Epic CultureBRILL, 1999 - 235 strán (strany) Epic poetry depicts single combat between champions as a substitute for pitched battle. By analyzing poetic representations of warfare, this study reconstructs the circumstances under which the duel emerges as a mechanism for avoiding catastrophic battlefield losses. Thus the duel proves to be the pivotal element in a complex system of practices and institutions that define "epic culture." Individual chapters focus on the dynamics of battle, the protocols of dueling, the roles of champion, king, and queen, and the talesinger's function in presenting these relations to epic-cultural audiences. Offering new insights into the "Nibelungenlied," "Beowulf," the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," "Hildebrandslied" and the Bible, this volume will appeal particularly to medievalists, classicists, historians, and cultural theorists interested in epic poetry, ancient warfare, and Dark Age culture. |
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Working Assumptions | 1 |
The Duel in Legend Lore and Chronicle | 27 |
An Economy of Lives | 46 |
The Duel and Its Protocols | 79 |
The Champion and His Quest | 109 |
The King and His Gifts | 136 |
The Queen and Her Lovers | 165 |
Hiltibrant and the Problems of FreeAgency | 200 |
The TaleSingers Function | 216 |
The Lay of HiltibrantA Translation | 225 |
Works Cited | 227 |
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