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The Fall of King Arthur of Britain in Giovanni Boccaccio’s On the Downfall of the Famous
Giovanni Boccaccio uses the tale of the rise and fall of King Arthur to teach the fickleness of fortune and the peril of pridefulness. Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor provide a new translation of this once influential but now overlooked medieval retelling of Arthur’s downfall.
this technically is true but I think this also perfectly encapsulates why I am inherently distrustful of like. “”cozy”” “turn your brain off” fiction lmfao. like okay WHO gets to turn their brain off and who has to suffer through bigoted caricatures of themselves while everyone else is having cozy silly no brain time 😐
I know this is supposed to be tragic. 😅 At the same time, it is amusing. A funeral is being held for Tristran by his wife and loyal subjects. Then, Queen Isolde appears at said funeral, tells Tristan's wife to step aside because "Excuse me, I loved him more than you ever did."
Subsequently, Queen Isolde opens the lid of Tristan's coffin, pushes her lover's corpse a little to make room for her and proceeds to die right then and there. 😆
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This is very curious. During the whole narrative in this text, there isn't any mention that Tristan's father, Rivalin (aka Meliodas), remarried. Yet, in this part, it is established that Tristan has a younger sister (probably his half-sister). This sister seems to be married and has a son, who is Tristan's nephew.
In this part above, Tristan's nephew tells his uncle that he should visit the queen, seeing as he's pining for her. Some dialogue happens between uncle and nephew, which ends up in Tristan feeling encouraged to visit Isolde once again.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
I find this part of Eilhart's text fascinating. Tristan's father dies and Tristan goes to his kingdom to consolidate matters. He leaves Governal as his regent, then goes back to Brittany where his brother-in-law Kehenis has been battling against this Count Riole ever since his father has died (as shown in the highlighted part above).
Tristan goes to support Kehenis by fighting against his enemies. In the process, he gets badly injured by heavy stone that fell on his head because he didn't have his helmet on.
The injury is so bad that Tristan gets scarred, leading for him to be hardly recognizable. Later in the narrative, Tristan being scarred works in his favor when coming to visit Isolde clandestinely.
This part in the Tristan narratives is deeply interesting. Because here you have Tristan being a affected by a face injury, due to battle. And there's so much potential in exploring this through many venues.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This is yet another moment that I love in this text. There is a fight between Tristan and Isolde over something very dumb. Tristan tries to explain himself to his lover via messenger. Isolde refuses to believe the message he sends.
So, Tristan goes in person to explain himself, but he does it disguised as a leper (because he's not welcome in Cornwall). Isolde recognizes him but she refuses to even listen so she makes his life miserable. This makes Tristan very mad.
And this is so important, because up to this point, everything between these two has been peaches and cream, due to the love potion. Here? In this part, Tristan and Isolde actually have their proper first fight (with no love potion to influence them), which leads Tristan to decide that he's done, he's just DONE TM.
As a result, out of anger he decides to consummate the marriage with his wife. Not only that, but Tristan seems to want to try this marriage thing with his wife, which seems to be working out for the both of them.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This whole part is one of my favorite moments in this Tristan text. Essentially, Sir Kehenis (aka Kahedin) is into this young lady called Gymele of Schitriele (called Camille in the French version).
Kehenis is into Gymele, but she's not. He tries flirting with her incessantly and Gymele is not having it. In fact, she calls him out on it, which makes Kehenis stop because he feels embarrassed about it.
Tristan and Isolde are going to hook up with each other, so Isolde tells him he can either choose Gymele or Brangaine to spend the night with. Kehenis chooses Gymele and the queen orders Gymele to do so. Gymele goes to Isolde because "Seriously? Do I have to?"
And the queen tells that she doesn't really have to and to take her magic pillow (that helps her with her insomnia) and to use it on Kehenis. Gymele promptly does so and the next morning she proceeds to humiliate Kehenis, who absolutely hates it.
You go Gymele! 👏👏👏
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This is such a lovely description of Brangaine. She's called in Oberge's text "the good and gentle, courtly and wise Brangene". It reminds me of the epithets that she's appointed in Gottfried von Strassburg's text.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This is intriguing. Because for a moment Tristan fancies that he can love another woman who shares the same name as his former lover. But at the same time it seems that he's unsure about it.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
This version of the love potion (of what is considered the earliest Tristan text) is horrifying as hell. This potion is scary. FOUR YEARS! It is four years where you can't practically do anything, because one wrong move means death. This is essentially a horror story rather than a romantic one.
References
Oberge, E. (1978). Eilhart von Oberge’s Tristrant. University of Nebraska Press.
One of the most interesting tidbits from the last chapter in the second part of Tom a Lincolne is this one, where Sir Lancelot makes his appearance once more but this time as an elder. He meets with his friend Tom’s sons, the Black Knight and the Faerie Knight (who met each other in this chapter, had lots of adventures together and then returned to England).
After both brothers participate in a tournament and lots of others stuff, they come to visit Lincoln, where their father was born, in the company of Lancelot once more (who must probably must be playing tour guide or something). By the end of the story, both brothers settle in their father’s town, live their lives and are buried together after they die.
References
Johnson, R. (1978). The most pleasant history of Tom A Lincolne (R. S. M. Hirsch, Ed.). University of South Carolina Press.
