Author: Lynn Staley
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027104022X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Margery Kempe's Dissenting Fictions
Author: Lynn Staley
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027104022X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027104022X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Book of Margery Kempe
Author: Margery Kempe
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140432515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe - wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe (c.1373-c.1440) recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to the spiritual life, her visions and uncontrollable tears, the struggle to convert her husband to a vow of chastity and her pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. Margery Kempe could not read or write, and dictated her remarkable story late in life. It remains an extraordinary record of human faith and a portrait of a medieval woman of unforgettable character and courage.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140432515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe - wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe (c.1373-c.1440) recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to the spiritual life, her visions and uncontrollable tears, the struggle to convert her husband to a vow of chastity and her pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. Margery Kempe could not read or write, and dictated her remarkable story late in life. It remains an extraordinary record of human faith and a portrait of a medieval woman of unforgettable character and courage.
Getting Medieval
Author: Carolyn Dinshaw
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822323655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
DIVHow medieval texts represent and reproduce normative heterosexual identities./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822323655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
DIVHow medieval texts represent and reproduce normative heterosexual identities./div
Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
In this book the distinguished medievalist Lynn Staley turns her attention to one of the most dramatic periods in English history, the reign of Richard II, as seen through a range of texts including literary, political, chronicle, and pictorial. Richard II, who ruled from 1377 to 1399, succeeded to the throne as a child after the fifty-year reign of Edward III, and found himself beset throughout his reign by military, political, religious, economic, and social problems that would have tried even the most skilled of statesmen. At the same time, these years saw some of England's most gifted courtly writers, among them Chaucer and Gower, who were keenly attuned to the political machinations erupting around them. I n Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II Staley does not so much "read" literature through history as offer a way of "reading" history through its refractions in literature. In essence, the text both isolates and traces what is an actual search for a language of power during the reign of Richard II and scrutinizes the ways in which Chaucer and other courtly writers participated in these attempts to articulate the concept of princely power. As one who took it upon himself to comment on the various means by which history is made, Chaucer emerges from Staley's narrative as a poet without peer.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
In this book the distinguished medievalist Lynn Staley turns her attention to one of the most dramatic periods in English history, the reign of Richard II, as seen through a range of texts including literary, political, chronicle, and pictorial. Richard II, who ruled from 1377 to 1399, succeeded to the throne as a child after the fifty-year reign of Edward III, and found himself beset throughout his reign by military, political, religious, economic, and social problems that would have tried even the most skilled of statesmen. At the same time, these years saw some of England's most gifted courtly writers, among them Chaucer and Gower, who were keenly attuned to the political machinations erupting around them. I n Languages of Power in the Age of Richard II Staley does not so much "read" literature through history as offer a way of "reading" history through its refractions in literature. In essence, the text both isolates and traces what is an actual search for a language of power during the reign of Richard II and scrutinizes the ways in which Chaucer and other courtly writers participated in these attempts to articulate the concept of princely power. As one who took it upon himself to comment on the various means by which history is made, Chaucer emerges from Staley's narrative as a poet without peer.
The English Religious Lyric in the Middle Ages
Author: Rosemary Woolf
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon P.
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon P.
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Margaret Walters
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019280510X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019280510X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.
The Church in Late Medieval Norwich, 1370-1532
Author: Norman P. Tanner
Publisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888440662
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888440662
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Routledge History of Literature in English
Author: Ronald Carter
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
A Companion to The Book of Margery Kempe
Author: John Arnold
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843840305
Category : Christian literature, English (Middle)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A collection of essays by twelve historians and literary critics who explore Margery Kempe, her Book, and her world.
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843840305
Category : Christian literature, English (Middle)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A collection of essays by twelve historians and literary critics who explore Margery Kempe, her Book, and her world.
Reader's Guide to British History
Author: D. M. Loades
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
"A masterful attempt to describe the historical secondary literature of the British Isles -- from prehistory to the present day -- the set is comprised of substantial essays of 1,000 to 3,000 words each on a wide array of subjects -- all written by pre-eminent scholars in language accessible to beginning students and advanced researchers. Each listed essay title is given a thorough annotation."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
"A masterful attempt to describe the historical secondary literature of the British Isles -- from prehistory to the present day -- the set is comprised of substantial essays of 1,000 to 3,000 words each on a wide array of subjects -- all written by pre-eminent scholars in language accessible to beginning students and advanced researchers. Each listed essay title is given a thorough annotation."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.