The Cambridge companion to Medieval English Culture

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The Cambridge companion to Medieval English Culture / edited by Andrew Galloway

Series Titles:

Cambridge companions to culture
Cambridge companions to culture.

Related/Included Titles:

Cambridge companions online.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Galloway, Andrew, 1957-, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism
Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485
England--Civilization--1066-1485
England--Intellectual life--1066-1485

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Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Chronology; Introduction: medieval English culture and its companions /Andrew Galloway; Part I. Theaters of Culture: Political, Legal, Material: 1. From court to nation / Scott Waugh; 2. The legal revolution and the discourse of dispute in the twelfth century / Paul Hyams; 3. Archaeology and post-Conquest England / David Hinton; Part II. Cultural Ideals and Cultural Conflicts: 4. Social ideals and social disruption / Richard Kaeuper; 5. 'Celtic' visions of England / David Dumville; 6. The idea of sanctity and the uncanonized life of Margery Kempe / Rebecca Krug; Part III. Literacies, Languages, and Literatures: 7. Visual texts in post-Conquest England / Laura Kendrick; 8. Literacy, schooling, universities / Ralph Hanna; 9. Anglo-Latin literature in the later Middle Ages / David Carlson; 10. The vernaculars of medieval England, 1170-1350 / Elaine Treharne; 11. English literary voices, 1350-1500 / David Lawton; Part IV. Legacies and Re-creations: 12. Literary reformations of the Middle Ages / Helen Cooper; 13. Re-creating the Middle Ages / Clare Simmons; Guide to further reading; Index.

Summary:

The cultural life of England over the long period from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation was rich and varied, in ways that scholars are only now beginning to understand in detail. This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, across fields including political and legal history, archaeology, social history, art history, religion and the history of education. Above all it looks at the literature of medieval England in Latin, French and English, plus post-medieval perspectives on the 'Middle Ages'. In a linked series of essays experts in these areas show the complex relationships between them, building up a broad account of rich patterns of life and literature in this period. The essays are supplemented by a chronology and guide to further reading, helping students build on the unique access this volume provides to what can seem a very foreign culture.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936932232502486

ISBN:

1-107-48642-4
0-511-97564-3