Roger Boase
Biographic Data
| ID | 2316388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Boase |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Boase |
| SIGNATURE | BOASE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6801-8598 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Erotic Jousting Poem by Antonio de Velasco and Fadrique Enríquez
I discuss an exchange of verses between Antonio de Velasco and his cousin Fadrique Enríquez, Admiral of Castile, published in the 1514 edition of the Cancionero general, concerning an erotic joust between a court lady and her six suitors who did not turn up to participate in the joust. This poem has already been analysed by Ian Macpherson, but I take his analysis further and identify the lady and her sixth suitor and offer a more exact timeframe …
Consent in Love and Marriage in Songs Associated with Princess Isabel of Castile
In Christian canon law, marriage is considered invalid if consent has not been obtained from both partners. Isabel of Castile understood this: rejecting the suitors selected by Enrique IV, she insisted on her right to marry a husband of her choice. Similarly, in the courtly love tradition to which ladies then subscribed, voluntary commitment was regarded as an essential feature of love, but there was a tacit understanding that marriage should not…
The Presence of María de Velasco in Pinar’s Juego trobado, in the Carajicomedia, and in La novela del licenciado Vidriera by Cervantes
Research on the court ladies who participated in Pinar’s Juego trobado, a card game in verse completed in 1496, led to the discovery that María de Velasco, wife of Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar, and adoptive-mother of Ignatius Loyola, subsequently appears in several literary texts, the first of which is the Carajicomedia, where she is metamorphosed into an old prostitute skilled in the arts of seduction. Surprisingly, I have detected her presence in …
The Lady Half-Devoured by a Dragon and the Iconography of Saint Margaret of Antioch
Following in the footsteps of Ian Macpherson, I offer an interpretation of an anonymous invención found in the Cancionero general (11CG-517) and the British Library Cancionero (LB1-251). I maintain that the image displayed by the jouster was inspired by the iconography of the virgin-martyr Saint Margaret of Antioch, and I propose a theory about the identity of the lady addressed and, with less certainty, about the identity of the jouster and the …
Secrets of Pinar's Game (2 vols)
In Secrets of Pinar's Game, Roger Boase is the first to decipher a card game completed in 1496 for Queen Isabel, Prince Juan, her daughters and her 40 court ladies. This game offers readers access to the cultural memory of a group of educated women, revealing their knowledge of proverbs, poetry and sentimental romance, their understanding of the symbolism of birds and trees, and many facts ignored in official sources. Boase translates all verse i…
María de Fonseca (c. 1486-1521) and the Marquis of Zenete (1473-1523)
The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, Marquis of Zenete, Cardinal Mendoza’s eldest son, and his second wife María de Fonseca would furnish a writer with ample material for an exciting novel and certainly deserves to be better known, especially in the Anglophone world. Among other things, this article sheds some light on the vulnerable status of women in late medieval and Renaissance Spain at a time when noble ladies had greater educationa…
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María de Fonseca (c. 1486-1521) and the Marquis of Zenete (1473-1523)
The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, Marquis of Zenete, Cardinal Mendoza’s eldest son, and his second wife María de Fonseca would furnish a writer with ample material for an exciting novel and certainly deserves to be better known, especially in the Anglophone world. Among other things, this article sheds some light on the vulnerable status of women in late medieval and Renaissance Spain at a time when noble ladies had greater educationa…
Secrets of Pinar's Game (2 vols)
In Secrets of Pinar's Game, Roger Boase is the first to decipher a card game completed in 1496 for Queen Isabel, Prince Juan, her daughters and her 40 court ladies. This game offers readers access to the cultural memory of a group of educated women, revealing their knowledge of proverbs, poetry and sentimental romance, their understanding of the symbolism of birds and trees, and many facts ignored in official sources. Boase translates all verse i…
The Lady Half-Devoured by a Dragon and the Iconography of Saint Margaret of Antioch
Following in the footsteps of Ian Macpherson, I offer an interpretation of an anonymous invención found in the Cancionero general (11CG-517) and the British Library Cancionero (LB1-251). I maintain that the image displayed by the jouster was inspired by the iconography of the virgin-martyr Saint Margaret of Antioch, and I propose a theory about the identity of the lady addressed and, with less certainty, about the identity of the jouster and the …
Consent in Love and Marriage in Songs Associated with Princess Isabel of Castile
In Christian canon law, marriage is considered invalid if consent has not been obtained from both partners. Isabel of Castile understood this: rejecting the suitors selected by Enrique IV, she insisted on her right to marry a husband of her choice. Similarly, in the courtly love tradition to which ladies then subscribed, voluntary commitment was regarded as an essential feature of love, but there was a tacit understanding that marriage should not…
The Presence of María de Velasco in Pinar’s Juego trobado, in the Carajicomedia, and in La novela del licenciado Vidriera by Cervantes
Research on the court ladies who participated in Pinar’s Juego trobado, a card game in verse completed in 1496, led to the discovery that María de Velasco, wife of Juan Velázquez de Cuéllar, and adoptive-mother of Ignatius Loyola, subsequently appears in several literary texts, the first of which is the Carajicomedia, where she is metamorphosed into an old prostitute skilled in the arts of seduction. Surprisingly, I have detected her presence in …
An Erotic Jousting Poem by Antonio de Velasco and Fadrique Enríquez
I discuss an exchange of verses between Antonio de Velasco and his cousin Fadrique Enríquez, Admiral of Castile, published in the 1514 edition of the Cancionero general, concerning an erotic joust between a court lady and her six suitors who did not turn up to participate in the joust. This poem has already been analysed by Ian Macpherson, but I take his analysis further and identify the lady and her sixth suitor and offer a more exact timeframe …
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