Deconstructed History

Galehaut: The Love Affair of Lancelot You’ve Never Heard Of


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We all know of how Camelot fell from grace when Lancelot accepted the queen’s invitation to her bed. Can you ignore such a thing from a queen in the first place? But being the person I am, I stumbled upon Galehaut, a figure in the Arthurian legends while Wiki-hopping one day and haven’t looked back since.
For the full show notes and transcript, head on over to www.georgeelmer.co.uk/galehaut/

Links and Resources:
“Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles; or, The Book of Galehaut Retold” by Patricia Terry and Samuel N. Rosenberg (2007). A book with beautiful wood carvings retelling of the little-known story of Galehaut and Lancelot with emotion, rather than sidelining Galehaut in favour of Lancelot’s love for Guinevere. 
"The Prose 'Lancelot's' Galehot, Malory's Lavain, and the Queering of Late Medieval Literature" by Gretchen Mieszkowski (1995). An article from the journal Arthuriana, analysing homoeroticism in late medieval literature. A but dry but intriguing, nonetheless. 
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Deconstructed HistoryBy George Elmer