“Quando orlando sente che la morte lo prende”: La morte addomesticata in alcuni testi medievali

Abstract

Western society has rejected the idea of death and has attempted to eliminate all the rituals associated with it. There has, however, been another type of death, or rather of dying, which has been governed by rituals and, above all, has allowed people time and space to prepare themselves for death. This article examines the ways in which death is “demystified” and treated as a fundamental part of life in certain medieval texts, such as La canzone di Orlando and I romanzi della Tavola Rotonda.