The Case of Anger in &lt;i&gt;The Siege of Milan&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The King of Tars&lt;/i&gt;
Marcel Eliáš
Anger was an ambivalent emotion in the Middle Ages, oscillating between acceptance and condemnation theological discourse. Initially defined as detrimental during Carolingian era unless it internally directed against one’s own sins, anger came to be rehabilitated a context of Crusade, where zealous leaders were required defend ecclesiastical interests on battlefield. However, certain very specific conventions regulated its verbalization, thus permitting authors either magnify or denounce protagonists they portrayed according how framed emotion. This paper offers reading The Siege Milan King Tars , two English crusading romances, light these codes. A close look at way is represented throughout texts enables us acquire subtle enriched understanding prominent issues inherent texts’ ideologies: promotion Christian devotion religious military standards intrinsic Crusades importance expansion incorporation Tars.
Comitatus-a Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies