Gallantry and politeness. On Scott’s Ivanhoe and David Hume

Authors

  • Marcos Fonseca Ribeiro Balieiro Federal University of Sergipe image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2017.141438

Keywords:

Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, David Hume, Chivalry, Gallantry, Politeness.

Abstract

Even though it is seen by some critics as a work wich was published only as entertainment, Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe is a book in which the author strongly opposes the ideals of chivalry, and states that the national identity of England is due to a synthesis between saxon and norman manners, which were originally opposite to each other. This paper aims at showing that Scott’s thesis is, in a certain sense, a response to David Hume’s considerations concerning the relation between medieval chivalry and modern politeness.

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Published

2017-12-09

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How to Cite

Balieiro, M. F. R. (2017). Gallantry and politeness. On Scott’s Ivanhoe and David Hume. Discurso, 47(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2017.141438