Griselda (folklore)
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Griselda (anglicised to Grizzel and similar forms) is a figure in European folklore noted for her patience and obedience.
In literature
In the most famous version of the Griselda tale, written by Giovanni Boccaccio c. 1350,[1][2][3] Griselda marries Gualtieri, the Marquis of Saluzzo, who tests her by declaring that their two children—a son and a daughter—must both be put to death. Griselda gives both of them up without protest, but Gualtieri doesn't actually kill the children, instead sending them away to Bologna to be raised. In a final test, Gualtieri publicly renounces Griselda, claiming he had been granted papal dispensation to divorce her and marry a better woman; Griselda goes to live with her father. Some years later, Gualtieri announces he is to remarry and recalls Griselda as a servant to prepare the wedding celebrations. He introduces her to a twelve-year-old girl he claims is to be his bride but who is really their daughter; Griselda wishes them well. At this, Gualtieri reveals their grown children to her and Griselda is restored to her place as wife and mother[4].
Griselda appears in tales by Petrarch[5] (died 1374, Historia Griseldis published 100 years later) and by Chaucer (The Clerk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales, late 1300s). She is also cited in Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies.[6] Patient Griselda is a tale by Charles Perrault (fr:La Marquise de Salusses ou la Patience de Griselidis, 1691)[7][8]. John Phillip's play The Commodye of Pacient and Meeke Grissill (also known as The Plaie of Grissill) dates from 1565. Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker and William Haughton collaborated on another dramatic version, Patient Grissel, first performed in 1599. There are operas named Griselda by Antonio Maria Bononcini (Griselda, 1718), Alessandro Scarlatti (La Griselda, 1721), Giovanni Bononcini (Griselda, 1722), and Antonio Vivaldi (Griselda, 1735). Also Jules Massenets Grisélidis (1901) was inspired by the tale of Griselda.
Anthony Trollope's high Victorian novel Miss Mackenzie (1865) is based on the Griselda theme. The Modern Griselda is a novel by Maria Edgeworth from 1804. Patient Griselda is one of a group of historical or legendary dinner-party guests in Caryl Churchill's 1982 play Top Girls. Patient Griselda is a 2015 short story by Steven Anthony George in the anthology Twice Upon A Time: Fairytale, Folklore, & Myth. Reimagined & Remastered, where the tale is retold as a late twentieth century horror story.
See also
- The Decameron – the most famous version of the Griselda tale
- Summary of Decameron tales
References
- ^ Boccaccio, Decamerone, day 10, tale 10.
- ^ "Boccaccio, Decameron, Day 10, Tale 10 (Italian, tr. into Mod. Engl.) (analogue of the Clerk's Tale)". sites.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "Légendes médiévales: Décaméron 5/5". mythologica.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ Cazal, Françoise (2000). Boccace, Pétrarque, Nerli de Mezière, Metge, Timoneda, Trancoso, Deloney (in French). Presses Univ. du Mirail. ISBN 9782858165308.
- ^ "La Patience Griselidis, marquise de Saluces". bp16.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "PENGUIN CLASSICS BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES - Christine de Pizan - Penguin Classics". 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "British Painter Vanessa Garwood: Second Solo Exhibition At Rook & Raven - Artlyst". Artlyst. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "Charles Perrault / Enrichetto dal ciuffo, la fiaba dimenticata che però insegna molto (oggi, 12 gennaio 2016)". Il Sussidiario.net. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
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