Why did bloody knights write love songs about spring blossoms?
The masculinity of medieval knighthood was expansive enough for both graphic violence and the joys of a flower meadow
by Jennifer Saltzstein
Jennifer Saltzstein
Professor of Music (Musicology), Indiana University, Bloomington, US
Jennifer Saltzstein is professor of music (musicology) at Indiana University, US. Her books include The Refrain and the Rise of the Vernacular in Medieval French Music and Poetry (Boydell & Brewer, 2013) and Song, Landscape, and Identity in Medieval Northern France (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Written by Jennifer Saltzstein