As if determined to suppress the latent eroticism of their work, the pre-Raphaelites decked out their fleshly reveries in allegorical motifs drawn from Greek myth and medieval romance.
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Rochafrida is mentioned in Spanish medieval romances, although it was already in ruins when Cervantes roamed this district as a tithe proctor for the Knights of St John at Argamasilla.
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It specializes in urban studies, medieval pilgrimage, medieval romances and " chansons de geste, " women writers, fiction, poetry, short stories and plays.
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The medieval romance The " Roman de la Rose " describes a fountain in the center of an enclosed garden, feeding small streams bordered by flowers and fresh herbs.
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The baby son of the Roman Emperor Octavian is seized, first of all by a lioness and then by a griffin, in the medieval romance " Octavian ".
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In addition to her defying the construct of love exhibited by the contemporary Church, Marie also influenced a genre that continued to be popular for another 300 years, the medieval romance.
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In other variants, she reticently identifies herself only as " lady of an unco land " ( B ), " lady gay " ( E ) much like the medieval romance.
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Without their poetic genius, the 18th-century opera seria's libretti were tired, stereotyped medieval romance, in which idealised aristocratic characters agonised endlessly over love, power and honour.
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Compared to earlier " chansons de geste ", its tone is frequently playful, comic and parodic and it introduces romantic ( courtly love ) elements taken from the medieval romance.
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Horace Walpole's declared aim was to combine elements of the medieval romance, which he deemed too fanciful, and the modern novel, which he considered to be too confined to strict realism.
