Are all books of chivalry the same thing? The MeMoRam database as an antidote to ignorance

Abstract

Although romances of chivalry have been systematically published and studied in recent decades, the truth is that Cervantes' critical opinion that ‘they are all the same’ continues to weigh heavily on them. However, this judgement should not be taken as an excuse for not delving deeper into the study of the more than eighty titles preserved from the 15th to the 17th centuries, but rather as the model of reading that was common at the time. Literary motifs are the backbone of the chivalric genre, and the MeMoRam digital tool allows us to approach chivalric texts based on their motifs, which will enable a more complete understanding of books of chivalry, beyond the differentiating aspects of each one.