| 词条 | The King of Tars |
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SynopsisThe king of Tars refuses the proposal from the pagan king of Damas to marry the princess of Tars, but after the king of Damas wages war on the land of Tars, slaughtering numerous Christian knights, the princess agrees to marry him to prevent further conflict. She is forced to convert to her husband's religion, during which time she pays lip service to the king's gods and secretly continues to practice her own religion. Soon they conceive, and the princess gives birth to a formless child, and each blames the other's false religion. The king and the princess agree to pray to their respective deities to restore their child to beauty and health. The king's prayers are fruitless, so the princess demands that a Christian priest be freed from the king's prison. With the priest's baptism, the child is transformed, and the king converts to Christianity and is himself physically transformed from black-skinned to white-skinned. He sends for the king of Tars to help him convert his kingdom to Christianity, and a violent conversion battle ensues. The final stanzas of the poem depict the king of Tars and the converted king of Damas fighting pagan kings side by side.[3] MotifsThis romance appears to have influenced Le Bone Florence of Rome, where the heroine's kingdom is also attacked by a rebuffed suitor.[4] In that case, the reluctance springs from his age, and the work is less consistently religious.[5] The deformed child is also in common with the romance Theseus of Cologne, where rivals use the child to accuse the queen of adultery, but the child is also restored by miracle.[6] ManuscriptsThe King of Tars exists in three manuscripts[7]: Auchinleck: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 19.2.1, fols. 7ra–13vb. Vernon: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng.poet.a.1, fols. 304vb–307ra. Simeon: London, British Library, Additional 22283, fols. 126rc–128va. Editions
References1. ^1 Laura A. Hibbard, Medieval Romance in England p45 New York Burt Franklin,1963 2. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/chandler-the-king-of-tars-introduction|title=The King of Tars: Introduction {{!}} Robbins Library Digital Projects|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/chandler-the-king-of-tars|title=The King of Tars {{!}} Robbins Library Digital Projects|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}} 4. ^Laura A. Hibbard, Medieval Romance in England p15 New York Burt Franklin,1963 5. ^Carol Falvo Heffernan, Le Bone Florence of Rome, p 31-2 {{ISBN|0-7190-0647-3}} {{OCLC|422642874}} 6. ^Margaret Schlauch, Chaucer's Constance and Accused Queens, New York: Gordian Press 1969 p 125 7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/chandler-the-king-of-tars-introduction|title=The King of Tars: Introduction {{!}} Robbins Library Digital Projects|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}} 1 : Romance (genre) |
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