Genre et transgression du genre dans le récit de la Guerre des jeunes filles chez Cosmas de Prague
The episode of the Maiden’s War (in Czech Dívčí válka) is undoubtedly one of the most famous legends concerning the mythical past of the Czech state: this fictive conflict between maidens and men, which is said to have happened during the reign of Přemysl, the legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dyn...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Lumière Lyon 2
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Frontière·s |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/frontieres/839 |
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| Summary: | The episode of the Maiden’s War (in Czech Dívčí válka) is undoubtedly one of the most famous legends concerning the mythical past of the Czech state: this fictive conflict between maidens and men, which is said to have happened during the reign of Přemysl, the legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty which ruled over Bohemia from the end of the 9th century until 1306, had a great influence on the culture of this country. The first mention of the Maiden’s war appears in the ninth chapter of the first book of the Chronicle of the Czechs, a work which was written in Latin in 1125 by Cosmas of Prague, dean of the cathedral chapter of Prague, and which is also the oldest chronicle of this country: in his short narration of this event, the chronicler criticizes the customs of the maidens in the ancient (i.e. pagan) times and accuses them of being responsible for the conflict. We will thus show how the customs ascribed to maidens before Christianization and their fictive conflict with the young men constitute an obvious case of transgression in the eyes of Cosmas of Prague. |
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| ISSN: | 2534-7535 |