M.S.L. , Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Centre for Mediaeval Studies
Research Interests
Mediaeval Welsh language and literature
The blood feud
Arthurian literature
The Cult of Chivalry and the Religion of Love
Research Projects
Wealh in Old English Literature
Proverbs in Scots and Welsh
Ywain and Gawain: A study
Selected Publications and Presentations
Violence and Vengeance in Middle Welsh and Middle
English Narrative, 2009
Editor and Contributor to the Romance in Context: the Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference on Romance in Medieval Britain, forthcoming.
“Mishandled vessels: heaving drinks and hurling insults in mediaeval Welsh literature and law.” Canadian Journal of History.
“Eros and Error: Gross Sexual Transgression in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.” The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain. Boydell and Brewer Publishers, UK.
“‘Tis Policy and stratagem must do:” Rape, Deception and Vendetta in The most lamentable Roman tragedy of Titus Andronicus. Shell Games: Studies in Scams, Frauds, and Deceits (1300-1650).
“Insult and Redress in Cyfraith Hywel Dda and Welsh Arthurian Romance.” Arthuriana 10: 3.
Teaching Responsibilities
English 110.6 and 112.3
English 301.3 and 310.3
English 386.3
English 401.6; 402.3 and 498.3
English 801.3
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
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Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
