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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1943, this work deals with medieval and Renaissance studies. It presents significant scholarship, criticism, and reviews treating different facets of medieval and Renaissance culture history, art, literature, music, science, law, economics, and philosophy.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Gregorian Chant in Spain Chapter 2 The Shaping of Dante's Cosmos Chapter 3 Truthtelling and Satire in the Trial of Renard Chapter 4 Wayward Wives: Fauvel Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS. fr. 146 Chapter 5 Heinrich der Teichner: The Didactic Poet as a Troublemaker, Whistle-Blower, and Social Rebel Chapter 6 Squire Janklyn's Legs and Feet: Physiognomy, Social Class and Fantasy in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Chapter 7 Poes-ing in the Dark: An Irish Presence in Early Modern British Literature Chapter 8 "Your Father's Perfection Shall be Your Blemish": The 3rd Earl of Essex and the Development of a Legend Part 9 Review Notices Chapter 10 Piero Boitani and Jill Mann, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer, 2nd ed. Chapter 11 Joyce Tally Lionarons, ed., Old English Literature in its Manuscript Context Chapter 12 Hillberti Cenomanensis Episcopi, Vita Marie Egiptiace Chapter 13 Sørensen Kaspersen, ed. Images of Cult and Devotion: Function and Reception of Christian Images in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe Chapter 14 Richard Marsden, ed., The Cambridge Old English Reader Chapter 15 Darren Oldridge, Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead and other Matters of Fact Chapter 16 Deanne Williams, The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare Chapter 17 Lynn Staley, Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II Part 18 Books Received
