Table of Contents

Introduction - Helen Cooper
Medieval Classical Romances: The Perils of Inheritance - Helen Phillips
Celticity and Christianity in Medieval Romance - Stephen Knight
Crusading, Chivalry and the Saracen World in Insular Romance - Phillipa Hardman and Marianne Ailes
How Christian is Chivalry? - Raluca Radulescu
Magic and Christianity - Corinne Saunders
Subverting, Containing and Upholding Christianity in Medieval Romance - Kevin S Whetter
Female Saints and Romance Heroines: Feminine Fiction and Faith among the Literate Elite - Andrea Hopkins
Athelston of the Middle English Nativity of St Edmund - Rosalind Field
Romance Traditions and Christian Values in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Derek S Brewer
Questioning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Teaching the Text through its Medieval English Christian Context - D Thomas Hanks Jr
Teaching Malory: A Subject-Centred Approach - Michelle Sweeney

About the Author

PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading. Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature at the Department of English Studies, University of Durham. K. S. WHETTER is Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. MARIANNE AILES is Professor of French at the University of Bristol. PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Reader in Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading. Dr Raluca Radulescu is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Bangor University

Reviews

Teachers in need of distilling essential information, issues and concepts for classroom consumption are its ideal but not exclusive audience.
*ENGLISH STUDIES*

A truly outstanding collection of essays on romance and Christianity that offers many new and valuable insights into this relatively narrow field.
*PARERGON*

One of the great strengths of this collection is that each essay offers substantial, detailed readings of the romances.
*ARTHURIANA*

With its focus on the romance... this collection of essays accomplishes the difficult task of saying something new about Christianity and medieval literature.
*CHOICE*