Political Allegory In Late Medieval England
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Political Allegory In Late Medieval England
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Author : Ann W. Astell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Political Allegory In Late Medieval England written by Ann W. Astell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ann W. Astell here affords a radically new understanding of the rhetorical nature of allegorical poetry in the late Middle Ages. She shows that major English writers of that era—among them, William Langland, John Gower, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Gawain-poet—offered in their works of fiction timely commentary on current events and public issues. Poems previously regarded as only vaguely political in their subject matter are seen by Astell to be highly detailed and specific in their veiled historical references, implied audiences, and admonitions. Astell begins by describing the Augustinian and Boethian rhetorical principles involved in the invention of allegory. She then compares literary and historical treatments of key events in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England, finding an astonishing match of allusions and code words, especially those deriving from puns, titles, heraldic devices, and personal cognizances, as well as repeated proverbs, prophecies, and exempla. Among the works she discusses are John Ball's Letters and parts of Piers Plowman, which she presents as two examples of allegorical literature associated with the Peasants' Revolution of 1381; Gower's allegorical representation of the Merciless Parliament of 1388 in Confessio Amantis; and Chaucer's brilliant literary handling of key events in the reign of Richard II. In addition Astell argues for a precise dating of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight between 1397 and 1399 and decodes the work as a political allegory.
Court Poetry In Late Medieval England And Scotland
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Author : Antony J. Hasler
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-10
Court Poetry In Late Medieval England And Scotland written by Antony J. Hasler and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the anxious and unstable relationship between court poetry and various forms of authority, political and cultural, in England and Scotland at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Through poems by Skelton, Dunbar, Douglas, Hawes, Lyndsay and Barclay, it examines the paths by which court poetry and its narrators seek multiple forms of legitimation: from royal and institutional sources, but also in the media of script and print. The book is the first for some time to treat English and Scottish material of its period together, and responds to European literary contexts, the dialogue between vernacular and Latin matter, and current critical theory. In so doing it claims that public and occasional writing evokes a counter-discourse in the secrecies and subversions of medieval love-fictions. The result is a poetry that queries and at times cancels the very authority to speak that it so proudly promotes.
Court Poetry In Late Medieval England And Scotland
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Author : Antony Hasler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Court Poetry In Late Medieval England And Scotland written by Antony Hasler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Political Culture In Late Medieval England
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Author : Simon Walker
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-31
Political Culture In Late Medieval England written by Simon Walker and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-31 with History categories.
This is an important collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a highly respected historian of late medieval England. One of the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid, inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard Abberbury; Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace; the service of medieval man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV.
Political Culture In Late Medieval Britain
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Author : Linda Clark
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2004
Political Culture In Late Medieval Britain written by Linda Clark and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Eight studies of aspects of C15 England, united by a common focus on the role of ideas in political developments of the time. The concept of "political culture" has become very fashionable in the last thirty years, but only recently has it been consciously taken up by practitioners of late-medieval English history, who have argued for the need to acknowledge the role of ideas in politics. While this work has focused on elite political culture, interest in the subject has been growing among historians of towns and villages, especially as they have begun to recognise the importance of both internal politics and national government in the affairs of townsmen and peasants. This volume, the product of a conference on political culture in the late middle ages, explores the subject from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of spheres. It is hoped that it will put the subject firmly on the map for the study of late-medieval England and lead to further exploration of political culture in this period. Contributors CAROLINE BARRON, ALAN CROMARTIE, CHRISTOPHER DYER, MAURICE KEEN, MIRI RUBIN, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, JOHN WATTS, JENNY WORMALD. LINDA CLARK is editor, History of Parliament; CHRISTINE CARPENTER is Reader in History, University ofCambridge.
The English Nobility In The Late Middle Ages
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Author : Chris Given-Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11
The English Nobility In The Late Middle Ages written by Chris Given-Wilson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11 with History categories.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Political Life In Medieval England 1300 1450
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Author : W Mark Ormrod
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1995-08-07
Political Life In Medieval England 1300 1450 written by W Mark Ormrod and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-07 with History categories.
This book explores the dimensions of political society and the major preoccupations of English politics between the later years of Edward I's reign and the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.
Rulers And Ruled In Late Medieval England
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Author : G. L. Harriss
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Rulers And Ruled In Late Medieval England written by G. L. Harriss and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with History categories.
How power was distributed and exercised is a key issue in understanding attitudes and assumptions in late medieval England. The essays in this volume all deal with those who had the power to make political decisions, whether kings, nobles or gentry, courtiers or clergy. While ultimately power rested on force, it was enshrined in the law and more usually exercised by influence and by the dangling of reward. Most disputes were settled without violence, if often with recourse to prolonged struggles in the courts, but those who offended against established interests could be punished severely, as the cases of Sir John Mortimer and of Bishop Reginald Pecock show. These essays, presented to Gerald Harriss, who has done so much to illuminate the history of the period, show not only how power was exercised but also how men of the time thought about it. Contributors: Rowena E. Archer, Christine Carpenter, Jeremy Catto, Rosemary Horrox, R.W. Hoyle, Maurice Keen, Dominic Luckett, Philippa Maddern, S.J. Payling, Edward Powell, Anthony Smith, Simon Walker, Christopher Woolgar, Edmund Wright.
Medieval Ovid Frame Narrative And Political Allegory
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Author : A. Gerber
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-20
Medieval Ovid Frame Narrative And Political Allegory written by A. Gerber and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ovid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts during the Middle Ages. This book is the only study to consider this Ovidian revival as part of a cultural shift disintegrating the boundaries between not only sacred and profane literacy but also between academic and secular politics.
Political Culture In Later Medieval England
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Author : Michael J. Braddick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-05
Political Culture In Later Medieval England written by Michael J. Braddick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05 with categories.