{"product_id":"middle-english-literature-9780631231486","title":"Middle English Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents is designed for students of Chaucer and Middle English literature. It makes readily available accounts of key historical events and descriptions of pertinent cultural phenomena. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-century historical and cultural texts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDocuments shed light on the themes and styles that appear in Chaucer and other Middle English literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains twelve important images from the period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcise introductions and bibliographies accompany all documents.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This astute and well-referenced collection offers numerous ports of embarcation for those seeking adventure in the turbulent and productive textual seas surrounding the more thoroughly explored masterworks of medieval literary culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Strohm, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Intelligently chosen, carefully set out, and succinctly introduced...As far as documents can tell the story, this is the 'real world' of our medieval writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDerek Pearsall, Gurney Professor of English, Emeritus, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Literary Works and Related Topics. \u003cp\u003eTable of Dates, 1325–1500.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Conventions And Institutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenedictine Rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrioresses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Force And Order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBattle of Agincourt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English and England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLollardy Trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsurpation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Gender, Sexuality, And Difference.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmazons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChastity, Marriage, Widowhood, And Virginity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod’s Unknowability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLechers And Sodomites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaracens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen: Margaret Paston.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Images.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLovell Lectionary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnne Of Burgundy, Duchess Of Bedford, Before St. Anne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer, \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (Ellesmere).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer, \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (Hengwrt).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChaucer Portrait: Thomas Hoccleve, \u003ci\u003eRegiment Of Princes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourt Of King’s Bench.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Miracle Of The Boy Singer”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew College, Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolt: Jean Froissart, Chroniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Ii Presented To The Virgin And Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoyal Benefactors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Labor And Capital.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuilds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrdinance And Statute Of Laborers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePestilence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Style And Spectacle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeasts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePageants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSumptuary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTournaments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Textualities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudience Reactions To Sermons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBooks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCensorship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnarratio\u003c\/i\u003e (Analysis And Exposition Of Texts).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlays and Representations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Currency, Income, Prices; Measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403453112663,"sku":"9780631231486","price":41.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631231486.jpg?v=1730483516","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/middle-english-literature-9780631231486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}