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Valentine’s Day: Martyrs & Birds
Cupid or L’Amour mouillé, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) Valentine’s Day Greek and Roman Antiquity Love has long been celebrated. In ancient Greece, the marriage of Jupiter to Hera was...
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From Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day
Romulus and Remus suckling Lupa (Photo credit: Google Images) The above image shows Romulus and Remus, born to Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia and the god Mars or the demi-God Hercules. Amulius had seized...
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Chaucer on Valentine’s Day & the Art of Antonio Canova
Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, by Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) More on Valentine’s Day I apologize for being a day late and a year ahead on Chaucer and Valentine’s...
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A Frivolous Love Story: “histoire de coeur”
Vase with Red Poppies, by Van Gogh (1886), Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Chaucer & Valentine’s Day (michelinewalker.com) Valentine’s Day: Martyrs and Birds...
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Courtly Love or Fin’Amor
Aleanor of Aquitaine Trouvères and Troubadors I was hoping to discuss Richard de Fournival’s Bestiaire d’amour FR (1201- ?1260) a medieval philosopher and trouvère (Northern French: langue d’oïl)....
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Valentine’s Day: Martyrs & Birds, 2nd edition
Cupid or l’Amour mouillé, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) (Photo credit: Wikipaintings) Valentine’s Day Greek and Roman Antiquity Love has long been celebrated. In ancient Greece, the marriage...
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Charles d’Orléans: a Prince and a Poet
Charles, Duc d’Orléans (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Charles d’Orléans, a Prince & a Poet This post was published in 2012 and has been revised. When I first published it, I had very few readers....
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The Hundred Years’ War: its Literary Legacy
A painting of Geoffrey Chaucer as pilgrim in the Canterbury Tales’ Ellesmere Manuscript (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We are leaving our Anglo-Norman authors to investigate the literature dating back to...
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From Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day
Romulus and Remus suckling Lupa (Photo credit: Google Images) This post was published in 2013. My new post on Candlemas is a continuation of this older article. The above image shows Romulus and...
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From Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day, cont’d
Presentation of Christ in the Temple, from the Sherbrooke Missal c. 1310 – c. 1320 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Candlemas Today is Candlemas, now better known as “grounhog day” or “pancake day.” When I...
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Février, Les Très Riches Heures de Jean de France, duc de Berry (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Today is Valentine’s Day: la Saint-Valentin. My best wishes to all of you. ♥ I...
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Carpe diem: Love Songs
Still life with basket of flowers by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Flanders, 1690s (Courtery: Art Gallery of South Australia) This has been a difficult year. I celebrated Valentine’s Day discreetly and...
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Winter Scenes
Hendrick Averkamp, A Scene on the Ice (Wikimedia.commons) Hendrick Avercamp, A Scene on Ice (WikiArt.org) —ooo— I haven’t posted an article since Epiphany, Ukraine’s Christmas. I was very busy during...
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