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 Walter Map Information
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 Walter Map (fl. 1160–1196, died c. 1208–1210) was a medieval... 
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 Comparative Literature Echoic irony in Walter Map's satire against the Cistercians
10/01/2002: 7,204 words, approx. 24 pages ALTER MAP'S TREATMENT of the Cistercian order of monks has long been recognized as a first-rate satire and a memorably acrid contribution to the many criticisms aimed at the Cistercians in the late twelfth century.1 Map's satire appears in his De Nugis Curialium (The... summary from source:
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 Critical Essay by A. K. Bate
7,870 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following excerpt, Bate refutes the popular notion that Map and fellow Medieval writer Giraldus Cambrensis (also known as Gerald of Wales) were close friends, and further suggests that Giraldus plagiarized some of Map's work.
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Critical Essay by Lewis Thorpe
7,188 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Thorpe examines the connections between Map and Gerald of Wales (also known as Giraldus Cambrensis) and speculates on the extent to which the prolific Gerald might have been influenced by the apparently unprolific Map.
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Critical Essay by Monika Otter
6,968 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following excerpt, Otter describes Map as "an extremely self-aware narrator," blurring the lines between fiction and fact as other Medieval historians have done, but more intensely aware than they seem to have been that his "history" lacks a reliable foundation.
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