The Seven Sages of Rome: editing and reappraising a forgotten premodern classic from global and gendered perspectives

《罗马七贤》是最著名的前现代文本，但没有人听说过，而这个项目旨在改变这一点。这个故事从中亚到冰岛，用至少30种语言讲述了五个多世纪，讲述了一个中世纪的#metoo故事，讲述了一个哑巴王子和他年轻的继母在王室法庭上的虚假强奸指控，以及不可能确定真相的故事。我们将从最近的性别研究的角度重新评价文本的性别政治。大多数版本尚未编辑，甚至还没有确定，我们将通过整理和扩大有关传播的现有事实信息，迈出第一步。我们还将编辑来自荷兰传统的多语言中心的《七贤》最早版本之一。把每一个不同的版本看作是跨文化的一部分，而不是单一语言的传统，将给中世纪和早期现代文学的研究带来新的动力。我们的版本和版本汇编将在网上免费提供给任何想要了解更多我们共同的跨文化而不是国家或“西方”历史的人。来自不同国家的学者，以及来自中世纪和早期现代研究和性别研究的学者将从这个项目的实践和理论基础中受益。

The Seven Sages of Rome is the most famous premodern text of which nobody has ever heard, and this project aims to change that. This story cycle, told in at least 30 languages from Central Asia to Iceland over more than five centuries, recounts a medieval #metoo story of a fake rape accusation between a mute prince and his young stepmother at a royal court, and the impossibility of establishing the truth. We will reappraise the text's gender politics from the perspective of recent gender studies. Most of the versions have not yet been edited or even identified, and we will take a first step towards this by collating and expanding the available factual information on the transmission. We will also edit one of The Seven Sages' earliest versions from a multilingual hub, the Dutch tradition. Seeing each of the different versions as part of a transcultural rather than monolingual tradition will give new impulses to the study of medieval and early modern literature. Our edition and repertory of versions will be freely available online for anyone wanting to find out more about our shared transcultural rather than national or "Western" history. Academics from across the different national philologies concerned, as well as from medieval and early modern studies and gender studies generally will benefit from this project's practical and theoretical groundwork.