David Wiles argues that the prolific Robin Hood plays of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were the Spring equivalent of the Christmas mumming tradition.Robin Hood...
Essays exploring the treatment of the ends of epochs, from the sixteenth century to the present day.In these specially commissioned new essays, seven scholars, from...
Professor Du Boulay's book is both a highly readable introduction to Langland's work and an original contribution to the history of religious thought. It rejects...
Delightful, oftreprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the firstever monograph dedicated to the Green Man.The Green Man, the...
Delightful, Oftreprinted Guide To The Foliate Heads So Common In Medieval Sculpture. This Was The Firstever Monograph Dedicated To The Green Man.The Green Man, The...
Its scope is impressive... a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music...
Its scope is impressive... a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music...
Vivid translation of one of the earliest and most important Grail romances.The High Book of the Grail (Perlesvaus) is one of the most fascinating of...
More than 700 manuscripts reflect Ashmole's lifelong passions: heraldryand the sciences of his day: astrology, alchemy, geomancy, medicine;well over 100 contain items in Middle English....
Product Description The library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contains the largest collection of medieval manuscripts of any college in Great Britain, and one of the...
Women in 15c Bohemia express themselves on marriage, companionship, daily castle life, and family relations.The letters of the Rozmberk sisters, Perchta and Anzka, give a...
Women in 15c Bohemia express themselves on marriage, companionship, daily castle life, and family relations.The letters of the Rozmberk sisters, Perchta and Anzka, give a...
The Life of Douceline de Digne introduces to an Englishspeaking audience a 13thcentury woman mystic (d.1274) of great significance in the study of female spirituality...
The first attempt by ordinary lay people merchants, scriveners, craftsmen to write their own history, and its effect on the growth and development of London.The...
Owen investigates what the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales reveal about the way they came into being.[see revs] This study of the manuscripts of the...
The series has from the beginning been instrumental in sustaining this field of study. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYMystical writing flourished between the thirteenth and fifteenth...
The presentation, the use, and the possible reception of the book of Genesis to lay audience largely unable to read the original texts.What was meant...
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An examination of the recreation of Renaissance staging traditions in modern performances.Provocative, very readable, and extremely widely researched; it will be an important intervention in...
Essays examining both the theory and practice of medieval translation.Engaging and informative to read, challenging in its assertions, and provocative in the best way, inviting...
The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson...
The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson...
New approaches to women writers and attitudes to women in the Romantic period, principally focused on North America.Focusing on the period from 1770 to 1830,...
The question of what medieval "courtliness" was, both as a literary influence and as a historical "reality", is debated in this volume.The concept of courtliness...
This anthology of medieval writing provides a context for a deeper understanding of the Gawainpoet's originality and skill.The intertextuality of this brilliant poem can be...
This anthology of medieval writing provides a context for a deeper understanding of the Gawainpoet's originality and skill.The intertextuality of this brilliant poem can be...
A modern edition of the sources and major analogues of all the Canterbury Tales, prepared by members of the New Chaucer Society. This collection, the...
This volume is devoted to medievalism in England, including: The Antiquarian Impulse in England, 15001730, The Two Noble Kinsmen and the Problem of Chivalry, From...
The second study of medievalism in Europe shows how the influence of the middle ages has been manifested itself in various forms, throughout the modern...
The second part of Medievalism and the Academy identifies the four specific questions that have come to focus recent scholarship in medievalism: What is difference?...
Analysis of the structure of traditional stories and fairytales, bringing out their shared characteristics, and showing why they remain so powerful and resonant today.Many famous...