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A Blessed Shore: England and Bohemia from Chaucer to Shakespeare [Hardback]
Alfred Thomas (Author)
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ISBN: 9780801445682
Published by : Cornell Univ Press
This fascinating study looks at relations between England and Bohemia in the Late Middle Ages, both in an empirical sense and going beyond this to the formation of Bohemia as an idea. The starting point of the study is the marriage of Richard I... .... Learn More -
Creation of Lancastrian Kingship: Literature, Language and Politics in Late Medieval England [Hardback]
Jenni Nuttall (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521874960
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The deposition of Richard II and its justification by Henry IV; namely that he was unfit to rule and had 'voluntarily' abdicated, sparked considerable political debate as to the nature of kingship. Political language was thus placed far more in... .... Learn More -
Parliament and Literature in Late Medieval England [Hardback]
Matthew Giancarlo (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780521875394
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Parliament and Literature in Late Medieval England investigates the relationship between the development of parliament and the practice of English poetry in the later fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. During this period, the bureaucrati... .... Learn More -
Geoffrey of Monmouth: History of the Kings of Britain [Hardback]
Michael Reeve (Author);Neil Wright (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781843832065
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume presents a scholarly edition of Geoffrey of Monmouth's famous work. Owing to its great popularity in the Middle Ages a vast number of manuscripts are extant, and thus the work of a modern editor of the text is correspondingly more ... .... Learn More -
Geoffrey of Monmouth: History of the Kings of Britain [Paperback]
Michael Reeve (Author);Neil Wright (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781843834410
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume presents a scholarly edition of Geoffrey of Monmouth's famous work. Owing to its great popularity in the Middle Ages a vast number of manuscripts are extant, and thus the work of a modern editor of the text is correspondingly more ... .... Learn More -
Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain [Hardback]
A Hopkins (Author);Cory James Rushton (Author)
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ISBN: 9781843841197
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain, primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it differs from modern erotics, the contributors a... .... Learn More -
Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor [Hardback]
Alison Wiggins (Author);Rosalind Field (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781843841258
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a central place in the nation's cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the modern period. This collection of essays spans the Guy traditio... .... Learn More -
Layamon's Brut and the Anglo-Norman Vision of History [Hardback]
Kenneth J. Tiller (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780708319024
Published by : University of Wales Press
Layamon's Brut is an English version or translation of the Anglo-Norman French Brut of Wace, itself based heavily on Geoffrey of Monmouth's latin text. In this work Kenneth Tiller examines his purpose in so doing and wider medieval expectations... .... Learn More -
Medieval Women's Writing [Hardback]
Diane Watt (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780745632551
Published by : Polity Press
Oxbow says: This study examines the role of women as active participants in the production of texts from c.1100-1500. Placing much emphasis on textual production being a collaborative process between authors, secretaries, subjects, patrons, rec... .... Learn More -
Medieval Women's Writing [Paperback]
Diane Watt (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780745632568
Published by : Polity Press
Oxbow says: This study examines the role of women as active participants in the production of texts from c.1100-1500. Placing much emphasis on textual production being a collaborative process between authors, secretaries, subjects, patrons, rec... .... Learn More