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Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, Merlin the historical' figure and his relation to medieval magic are less familiar. In this book Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores just who he was, and what he has meant to Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real-and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the 'long-lost' history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin's magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin's reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time.

Arthurian romances --- History and criticism. --- Geoffrey, --- Merlin --- Marzhin --- Meardon --- Merlí --- Merlijn --- Merlijn Ambrosius --- Merlim --- Merlin Ambrosius --- Merlino --- Merlino Ambrosio --- Merlin Caledonensis --- Merlin l'Enchanteur --- Merlins --- Merlinus --- Merlyn --- Merzhin --- Myrddin --- Myrddin Emrys --- Merlin (Legendary character)

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Merlin de Douai. Ce nom évoque d’abord la fameuse loi des suspects (sept. 1793), l’un des textes organisant la Terreur ; il rappelle le parcours ambigu d’un patriote des Etats généraux devenu conventionnel régicide, thermidorien, ministre du Directoire, président du Directoire exécutif puis comte d’Empire ; il suggère enfin l’image du « prince des jurisconsultes », auteur admiré du Répertoire de jurisprudence et procureur général impérial à la Cour de cassation. De l’Ancien Régime à la Monarchie de Juillet, à la frontière du droit et de la politique, Merlin mena en effet une riche et étonnante carrière qui lui fit longtemps jouer un important rôle public. C’est l’itinéraire de ce juriste du temps des Révolutions, ses projets et son action politique ainsi que sa pensée juridique et sociale qu’Hervé Leuwers a tenté de reconstituer ici. L’auteur s’est également interrogé sur le parcours de toute une génération politique, dominée par des juristes comme Merlin, Cambacérès, Treilhard, Lanjuinais et Boissy d’Anglas, dont l’engagement révolutionnaire s’éteignit dans l’adhésion à l’Empire. Par l’étude d’un homme dont les discours et l’action ont contribué à l’émergence du citoyen, à l’unification proclamée de la nation, à la réforme du droit et de la justice, à la laïcisation de l’Etat et de la société ou encore à la redéfinition des rapports entre les peuples, l’auteur a voulu approcher la lente et difficile élaboration d’une pensée et d’une pratique politiques d’avenir, dominées par les principes d’ordre et de liberté, ainsi que contribuer à l’étude de la montée d’une nouvelle catégorie d’hommes publics, les juristes, et plus particulièrement les avocats.

Douai, de, Merlin --- Law --- Lawyers --- Droit --- Avocats --- History --- Histoire --- Merlin, Philippe Antoine, --- France --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- de Douai, Merlin, --- Pensée --- --Lawyers --- Merlin, --- Merlin de Douai --- History. --- Douai, Philippe-Antoine Merlin de, --- Merlin de Douai, Philippe-Antoine, --- De Douai, Philippe-Antoine Merlin, --- Merlin, Ph. Ant. --- Merlinde Douai, --- Lawyers - France - Biography --- Merlin, - M - (Philippe-Antoine), - 1754-1838 --- de Douai, Merlin, 1754-1838 --- France - Politics and government - 1789-1815 --- France - Politics and government - 1814-1830 --- juriste --- Terreur --- Directoire --- biographie --- thermidorien --- Révolutuon française --- REVOLUTIONNAIRES --- FRANCE --- BIOGRAPHIES --- HISTOIRE --- 1789-1799 (REVOLUTION)

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Merlin, Lailoken, Suibhne : trois figures du devin appartenant à trois provinces celtiques, respectivement le Pays de Galles, l’Écosse et l’Irlande. Trois personnages, trois énigmes et trois destins qui se rencontrent sur le champ du mythe. À partir de trois textes majeurs du xiie siècle ici traduits : la Vita Merlini du clerc gallois Geoffrey de Monmouth, la Vita Kentigerni et la Folie de Suibhne, texte mythologique irlandais, cet ouvrage dessine un portrait du devin celtique d’après ce que le Moyen Âge chrétien en conserve. Disqualifié par le prêtre ou l’évêque qui lui ôtent son privilège sacré, le devin ne possède plus guère que la science encyclopédique pour fonder sa légitimité. De son antique don prophétique, il ne reste plus que l’étrange discours d’une poésie sacrée où se lisent les signes incertains de l’Histoire.

Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Neo-Latin literature --- Merlin (Legendary character) --- Mythology, Celtic --- Merlin (Personnage légendaire) --- Mythologie celtique --- Romances. --- Romans --- Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Latin romances, Medieval and modern --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Celtic mythology --- Merlin --- Merlin Ambrosius (Legendary character) --- Myrddin Emrys (Legendary character) --- Arthurian romances --- Merlin (Personnage légendaire) --- Romances --- Romances [Latin ](Medieval and modern) --- Translations into French --- Mythology [Celtic ] --- Literary collections --- Geoffrey of Monmouth --- Merlin (Legendary character) - Romances. --- Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Translations into French. --- Mythology, Celtic - Literary collections. --- Merlin (Myrddhinn), dit l'Enchanteur --- histoire --- religion --- mythologie --- sacré --- XIIe siècle --- celte --- devin --- légende écossaise --- mythologie irlandaise --- gaulois --- Marzhin --- Meardon --- Merlí --- Merlijn --- Merlijn Ambrosius --- Merlim --- Merlin Ambrosius --- Merlino --- Merlino Ambrosio --- Merlin Caledonensis --- Merlin l'Enchanteur --- Merlins --- Merlinus --- Merlyn --- Merzhin --- Myrddin --- Myrddin Emrys --- Merlin (personnage légendaire) --- Magiciens --- Littérature celtique --- Divination --- Dans la littérature --- Avant 1500 --- Thèmes, motifs

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The discovery of seven manuscript fragments of the Old French Suite Vulgate du Merlin in a set of early printed books in the Bristol Central Library hit global headlines in 2019. This book contains a comprehensive study of these fascinating Arthurian fragments. Beginning with an extensive contextual history, the authors reveal details of the fragments' origin, their importation to England, and their subsequent journey to a waste pile in a bookbinder's workshop, where they would be incorporated into the bindings of a four-volume edition of the works of Jean Gerson in the early sixteenth century. A full enquiry into the provenance of these host volumes sets out the possible routes from the bookbinder's workshop to their final home in Bristol Central Library. Using multi-spectral imaging to read the damaged sections of text, the authors also provide a full edition and translation of the narrative contained in the fragments.

Arthurian romances. --- Manuscripts, French. --- England --- French manuscripts --- Romances --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- Arthurian. --- Bristol Merlin. --- Suite Vulgate du Merlin. --- codicology. --- manuscript fragments. --- manuscript provenance. --- palaeography. --- Arthurian romances --- Manuscripts, French --- French prose literature --- Early works to 1800. --- Translations into English. --- Suite vulgate du Merlin.

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What did it mean to be a man in medieval England? Most would answer this question by alluding to the power and status men enjoyed in a patriarchal society, or they might refer to iconic images of chivalrous knights. While these popular ideas do have their roots in the history of the aristocracy, the experience of ordinary men was far more complicated. Marshalling a wide array of colorful evidence-including legal records, letters, medical sources, and the literature of the period-Derek G. Neal here plumbs the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between the Black Death and the Protestant Reformation. He discovers that social relations between men, founded on the ideals of honesty and self-restraint, were at least as important as their domination and control of women in defining their identities. By carefully exploring the social, physical, and psychological aspects of masculinity, The Masculine Self in Late Medieval England offers a uniquely comprehensive account of the exterior and interior lives of medieval men.

Masculinity --- Men --- Human males --- Human beings --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- History --- Social life and customs. --- England --- Social life and customs --- Social conditions --- masculinity, gender, men, manhood, self, identity, medieval, england, patriarchy, power, aggression, martial, heroism, knights, chivalry, black death, protestant reformation, honesty, self-restraint, control, domination, hierarchy, livelihood, reputation, conflict, husbandry, adultery, sexuality, clergy, fatherhood, nonfiction, history, desire, romance, ywain and gawain, narcissism, green knight, perceval of galles, merlin, king arthur, literature, lybeaus desconus, bevis hampton.