Language & Literature
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Viking Language 1 [Paperback]
Jesse L. Byock (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781480216440
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 1
Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas (the first book in the Viking Language Series) is a new introduction to Old Norse and Icelandic. The beginner has everything in one book: Graded lessons, reading passages, vocabulary, ... .... Learn More -
Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World [Hardback]
Noah D. Guynn (Author)
Regular Price: £70.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781843843375
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
The concept of medieval historiography as "usable past" is here challenged and reassessed. The contributors' shared claim is that the value of medieval historiographical texts lies not only in the factual information the texts contain bu... .... Learn More -
Shaping Courtliness in Medieval France: Essays in Honor of Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner [Hardback]
Daniel E. O'Sullivan (Editor); Laurie Shepard (Editor)
£75.00ISBN: 9781843843351
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
The concept of courtliness forms the theme of this collection of essays. Focused on works written in the Francophone world between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, they examine courtliness as both an historical privilege and a literary ideal, ... .... Learn More -
French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel [Hardback]
Glyn S. Burgess (Editor); Leslie C. Brook (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781843843382
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
The Old French lay of Mantel belongs to the group of anonymous lays that were composed in the late twelfth or thirteenth century. These short narratives vary in tone and usually deal with some aspect of love, usually in an aristocratic, courtly se... .... Learn More -
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolf: A Dual-Language Edition from Latin and Middle English Printed Editions [Paperback]
Nancy Mason Bradbury (Editor); Scott Bradbury (Editor)
Regular Price: £12.00
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781580441803
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
The two texts of the Dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed c. 1488 and a Middle English translation printed in 1492, preserve lively, entertaining, and revealing exchanges between the Old Testament wisdom figure Solomon and Marcolf, a m... .... Learn More -
Negotiating the Landscape [Hardback]
Ellen F. Arnold (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780812244632
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Negotiating the Landscape explores the question of how medieval religious identities were shaped and modified by interaction with the natural environment. Focusing on the Benedictine monastic community of Stavelot-Malmedy in the Ardennes, Ellen F.... .... Learn More -
John Lydgate and the Poetics of Fame [Hardback]
Mary C. Flannery (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9781843843313
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
John Lydgate is arguably the most significant poet of fifteenth-century England, yet his position as Chaucer's literary successor and his role as a Lancastrian poet have come to overshadow his contributions to English literature. Here, "fame" is i... .... Learn More -
Medieval Autographies: The "I" of the Text [Paperback]
A. C. Spearing (Author)
Regular Price: £33.95
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780268017828
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
In Medieval Autographies, A. C. Spearing develops a new engagement of narrative theory with medieval English first-person writing, focusing on the roles and functions of the “I” as a shifting textual phenomenon, not to be defined either as autobio... .... Learn More -
Blessed Louis, the Most Glorious of Kings [Paperback]
M. Cecilia Gaposchkin (Translator)
Regular Price: £42.50
Special Price: £10.95
ISBN: 9780268029845
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
With the aim of showing Saint Louis as he was commemorated in the literature of the Middle Ages, this book presents six previously untranslated texts: two little-known but early and important vitae of Saint Louis; two unedited sermons by the Paris... .... Learn More -
Shakespeare's London Theatreland [Paperback]
Julian Bowsher (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781907586125
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
This guide to the unique theatrical venues of London, from 1567, when the first playhouse was built, to 1642, when Cromwell closed them down, sets out the rich dramatic history of this period in relation to the latest exciting archaeological e... .... Learn More
