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‘Evidence of the Past in the Legend of the Seven Sleepers’ (2021)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2021). ‘Evidence of the Past in the Legend of the Seven Sleepers’. In J. Hartmann, & A. J. Johnston (Eds.), Material Remains: Reading the Past through Archeological Objects in Medieval and Early Modern British Literature (57-77). Columbus OH: Ohio State UP

“Scientia vera? Holcot and Chaucer on Astrological Determinism, Magic, Talismans, and Omens (2020)
Journal Article
Cartlidge, N. (2020). “Scientia vera? Holcot and Chaucer on Astrological Determinism, Magic, Talismans, and Omens. The Chaucer Review, 55(3), 279-297. https://doi.org/10.5325/chaucerrev.55.3.0279

This article suggests that Robert Holcot’s Wisdom commentary served as the immediate source for the House of Fame, 1259–70, and the Parson’s Tale, X 603–7. To prepare the ground for these suggestions (which are new), it begins with a discussion of th... Read More about “Scientia vera? Holcot and Chaucer on Astrological Determinism, Magic, Talismans, and Omens.

Treason (2019)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2019). Treason. In C. Barrington, & S. Sobecki (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Law and Literature (83-94). Cambridge UP

Holcot, Robert (2019)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (in press). Holcot, Robert. In R. Newhauser, V. Gillespie, J. Rosenfeld, & K. Walter (Eds.), The Chaucer Encyclopedia. Wiley

Medieval Romance Mischief (2018)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2018). Medieval Romance Mischief. In E. Archibald, C. Saunders, & M. Leitch (Eds.), Romance Rewritten. Cambridge: Brewer

Durham (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2017). Durham. In S. Echard, & R. Rouse (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature. Wiley

Debate poetry (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2017). Debate poetry. In S. Echard, & R. Rouse (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature. Wiley

The Owl and the Nightingale (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2017). The Owl and the Nightingale. In S. Echard, & R. Rouse (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature. Wiley

Ripples on the Water? The Acoustics of Geoffrey Chaucer’s House of Fame and the Influence of Robert Holcot (2017)
Journal Article
Cartlidge, N. (2017). Ripples on the Water? The Acoustics of Geoffrey Chaucer’s House of Fame and the Influence of Robert Holcot. Studies in the age of Chaucer, 39(1), 57-98. https://doi.org/10.1353/sac.2017.0049

Focusing on the Eagle's discussion of the principles of acoustics in lines 729–822 of The House of Fame, this essay offers a reconsideration of the nature of Chaucer's engagement with fourteenth-century physics. In particular, it offers a new interpr... Read More about Ripples on the Water? The Acoustics of Geoffrey Chaucer’s House of Fame and the Influence of Robert Holcot.

The Owl and the Nightingale (2016)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2016). The Owl and the Nightingale. In P. E. Szarmach (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies: Medieval Studies. Oxford University Press

Robin Hood's Rules: Gang-culture in Early Modern Outlaw-Tales? (2016)
Journal Article
Cartlidge, N. (2016). Robin Hood's Rules: Gang-culture in Early Modern Outlaw-Tales?. Cultural Dynamics, 28(1), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0921374015623385

This article discusses the extent to which ‘gang-culture’ can be seen as central to the social world imagined in English ballads featuring the outlaw Robin Hood. Focusing on two ballads from the mid-sixteenth century manuscript known as the ‘Forreste... Read More about Robin Hood's Rules: Gang-culture in Early Modern Outlaw-Tales?.

Cultures in Confrontation in BL MS Harley 978 (2015)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2015). Cultures in Confrontation in BL MS Harley 978. In M. Carruthers, & C. Steer (Eds.), Language in Medieval Britain: Networks and Exchanges: Proceedings of the 2013 Harlaxton Symposium (181-200). Shaun Tyas

The Norman Conquest and Literary Culture after 1066 (2014)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2014). The Norman Conquest and Literary Culture after 1066. In R. J. DeMaria, H. Chang, & S. Zacher (Eds.), A Companion to British Literature: Volume 1: Medieval Literature 700–1500 (97-113). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118827338.ch7

This chapter discusses the impact of the Norman conquest of England in 1066 on English literary culture. It emphasizes the richness and sophistication of Anglo‐Norman literary culture after the conquest and illustrates the complexity with which Anglo... Read More about The Norman Conquest and Literary Culture after 1066.

La3amon’s Ursula and the Influence of Roman Epic (2013)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2013). La3amon’s Ursula and the Influence of Roman Epic. In R. Allen, J. Roberts, & C. Weinberg (Eds.), Reading La3amon’s Brut: Approaches and Explorations ( 499-521). Rodopi

Sons of Devils (2012)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2012). Sons of Devils. In N. Cartlidge (Ed.), Heroes and Anti-Heroes in Medieval Romance. Cambridge: Brewer

The Fairies in the Fountain: Promiscuous Liaisons? (2010)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2010). The Fairies in the Fountain: Promiscuous Liaisons?. In L. Ashe, J. Weiss, & I. Djordjevic (Eds.), The Exploitations of Medieval Romance (15-27). Cambridge: Brewer

Marriage, Sexuality and the Family (2005)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2005). Marriage, Sexuality and the Family. In C. Saunders (Ed.), A Concise Companion to Chaucer (218-40). Blackwell

Arnold Bennett (2004)
Book Chapter
Cartlidge, N. (2004). Arnold Bennett. In R. Clark (Ed.), The Literary Encyclopedia. Literary Dictionary Company

'The Battle of Shrovetide: Carnival against Lent as a Leitmotif in Late Medieval Culture' (2004)
Journal Article
Cartlidge, N. (2004). 'The Battle of Shrovetide: Carnival against Lent as a Leitmotif in Late Medieval Culture'. Viator, 35, 517-542. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.viator.2.300208

This essay is concerned with the ways in which medieval writers and artists depicted the imagined conflict between Carnival and Lent—a metaphorical contrast that, as it happens, has often been appropriated by modern critics writing about the Middle A... Read More about 'The Battle of Shrovetide: Carnival against Lent as a Leitmotif in Late Medieval Culture'.