tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post1260639574496631604..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Don't underestimate those little guysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-63547286986565715562009-10-07T23:24:48.133-04:002009-10-07T23:24:48.133-04:00The works are somehow connected. One of the chara...The works are somehow connected. One of the characters --- the hero's best friend, is "un josne escuir tres gracieux de la duchie de Thorainne qui nommez estoit le Meingre, qui par esbatement fut nomme Boussicault..." who was a valiant knight, cleverer and more prudent than him. And it quotes a verse:<br /><br />Quant vient a un essault,<br />Mieulz vaut Saintre que Boussicault;<br />Mais quant vient a un traicte.<br />Mieulz vait Boussicault que Saintre.<br /><br />The novel is obviously set in the past, for it mentions that the "Boussicaults of today" are descended from him. It's clearly a nostalgic recreation of the "good old day" back when the tournaments were really cool. Could "Saintre" have been a fictionalized Saimpy?Phil Painehttp://www.philpaine.comnoreply@blogger.com