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The Romance of the Middle Ages

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
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Dr Nicholas Perkins talks about how romance functions as a genre in the middle ages, especially about how gifts and tokens were exchanged as signs of fidelity, specifically in Sir Orfeo, Sir Gawain, and King Horn.
He also incorporates the manuscripts present in the accompanying display at the Bodleian.
Originally published in The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) series.

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
People
Nicholas Perkins
Keywords
romance
#greatwriters
chivalry
medieval
Arthurian
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 21/06/2012
Duration: 00:30:18

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