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oapen-20.500.12657-250492021-11-10T07:58:59Z The Patient Griselda Myth Rüegg, Madeline late Medieval Early Modern Europe literature bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies The Patient Griselda myth tells the story of a marquis who is reluctant to get married, but, under pressure from his subjects, agrees to take a wife and chooses a poor young country girl for her virtues. Once married, he doubts his wife’s per-fection and therefore tests her for more than ten years by taking away her chil-dren, pretending to have them killed, and by repudiating her. Finally, the marquis asks her to prepare his second wedding with a young noble lady. This second wedding never occurs, since the marquis finally reveals that the bride and her brother are Griselda’s children; what is actually celebrated is the family reunion and Griselda’s patience. This tale, which to our modern perceptions may appear horrible, fascinated Europe from the late fourteenth century until the nineteenth century, as the many translations and adaptations it underwent attes 2019-06-17 23:55 2020-01-07 16:47:06 2020-04-01T10:19:40Z 2020-04-01T10:19:40Z 2019 book 1005048 OCN: 1117851157 9783110628708; 9783110628821 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25049 eng application/epub+zip application/pdf n/a n/a 9783110628821.epub thepatientgriselda.pdf De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110628715 10.1515/9783110628715 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 7292b17b-f01a-4016-94d3-d7fb5ef9fb79 9783110628708; 9783110628821 European Research Council (ERC) 408 Berlin/Boston 246603 FP7 Ideas: European Research Council FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013) open access
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The Patient Griselda myth tells the story of a marquis who is reluctant to get married, but, under pressure from his subjects, agrees to take a wife and chooses a poor young country girl for her virtues. Once married, he doubts his wife’s per-fection and therefore tests her for more than ten years by taking away her chil-dren, pretending to have them killed, and by repudiating her. Finally, the marquis asks her to prepare his second wedding with a young noble lady. This second wedding never occurs, since the marquis finally reveals that the bride and her brother are Griselda’s children; what is actually celebrated is the family reunion and Griselda’s patience. This tale, which to our modern perceptions may appear horrible, fascinated Europe from the late fourteenth century until the nineteenth century, as the many translations and adaptations it underwent attes
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