{"product_id":"telling-tales-sources-and-narration-in-late-medieval-england-9780271023045","title":"Telling Tales Sources and Narration in Late","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales,\u003c\/i\u003e Joel Rosenthal takes us on a journey through some familiar sources from fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England to show how memories and recollections can be used to build a compelling portrait of daily life in the late Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There has been a virtual cottage industry of studies based on the Paston letters, but no one approaches them quite the way Joel Rosenthal does in \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. With originality and erudition he examines the letters, alongside other key late medieval English texts, and in the process he offers fresh insight into the ‘small narratives’ of ordinary life in late medieval England.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—L. R. Poos,The Catholic University of America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rosenthal’s goal in examining Proof of Age proceedings, depositions in the Scrope\/Grosvenor controversy (1386), and Margaret Paston’s letters is to ‘illuminate the social context whence these snippets of memory and communication emanated.’ He also analyzes types of memory and the means by which testators and letter writers gained information. Modes of cognition in Proof of Age depositions and the Scrope testimony are similar: personal knowledge, hearsay, and common fame. Much the same applies to Margaret’s letters. Many Proof of Age witnesses either saw or participated in communal events (e.g., baptism) that helped establish an heir or heiress’s age. If this suggests a bond between the manor house and prominent villages, the Scrope depositions illustrate a strong unity existing among the Scrope men at arms against an adversary. This ‘us versus them’ sentiment is forcefully present in Margaret’s letters, from which we also learn of her duties as mistress of her household and of the responsibilities forced on her by her husband’s frequent absences. In addition, Rosenthal (SUNY Stony Brook) offers an interesting section on the mechanics of composing Margaret’s letters and the means of delivering them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—C.L. Hamilton \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Joel T. Rosenthal, a specialist if ever there was one, shows how meaning and interest can be squeezed out of the most unpromising sources.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ad Putter \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this insightful, closely argued, richly detailed, and very engaging book, Joel T. Rosenthal brings his full attention and considerable intellectual skills to bear on three types of ’so-called lesser sources.'”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mark C. Amodio \u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTelling Tales \u003c\/i\u003eis interesting and lively reading for specialist and general audiences alike. It certainly demonstrates that the documents generated by fairly restricted groups in medieval society (a single family, the landed elite) can be deposed so as to reveal the history of other, more broadly based social groups.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sherri Olson \u003ci\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Telling Tales in a Social Context\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Proofs of Age: A Rich Fabric of Thin Threads\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tThe World of Jurors and Testimony\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tThe Mechanics of Recollection\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tJurors’ Life Cycles and Life-Cycle Memories\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tEcclesiastical Memories\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tMemories of the Secular World\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tCommunities Large and Small\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tThe Construction of Memory in the Proofs\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Sir Richard Scrope and the Scrope and Grosvenor Depositions\tRecollection Re-creates Fellowship\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tCognition and Recollection\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tTales of the Scropes: Battles and Banners\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Margaret Paston: The Lady and the Letters\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tLetters as Artifacts\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tConstructing the Letters: How to Tell It Like It Is\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tFirst Stuck at Home and Then Mostly Alone\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Some Final Reflections\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534928478551,"sku":"9780271023045","price":65.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/telling-tales-sources-and-narration-in-late-medieval-england-9780271023045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}