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So I started reading Le Roman de Silence, a 13th century French chivalric romance about a girl raised as a boy in a kingdom where women can't inherit. Her name is Silence, and she goes on knightly adventures.

The author begins this tale of adventure with a 3-page rant about the greed of rich people ruining the world, and then literally says (at least in the English translation) "I just had to get this out of my system before telling my tale."

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A bend gules: dabbler in arts
This sounds amazing.
Where is it published? Where does it come from?
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
Translation was published in 1999. Manuscript was discovered in 1901.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
I got a used copy for like 10 dollars back when I was in the US.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
Scholars floated the idea that the author might have been a woman. I think it's likely.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
oh yeah that's totally intentional
Author-ized L.J.
ooh I know about Le Roman de Silence through @heatherrosejones who did a post, podcast episode, and short story on it! https://www.alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-249-romance-silence

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 249 – The Romance of Silence | Alpennia

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 249 – The Romance of Silence - transcript (Originally aired 2023/01/21 - listen here)
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Chrisblue@bsky.social
Could Jeanne D'Arc know about it, tho she was likely illiterate?
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
Good question, I have no idea. At least some of it is built from legend and folklore motifs so it could have existed as an oral story.
James Baillie
It's referenced in my computer game The Exile Princes: the hardest difficulty setting is named after it, on the grounds that it's the one where nature itself doesn't really want you to succeed as a knight :)
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