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This 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. O O Brings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-century historical and cultural texts. O Documents shed light on the themes and styles that appear in Chaucer and other Middle English literature. O Contains twelve important images from the period. O Concise introductions and bibliographies accompany all documents.
Contents
List of Literary Works and Related Topics. Table of Dates, 1325 - 1500. List of Plates. Acknowledgements. Map. Introduction. 1. Conventions And Institutions. Benedictine Rule. Friars. Humors. Marriage. Pilgrimage. Prioresses. 2 Force And Order. Battle of Agincourt. The English and England. Lollardy Trials. Usurpation. 3 Gender, Sexuality, And Difference. Amazons. Chastity, Marriage, Widowhood, And Virginity. The Far East. God's Unknowability. Lechers And Sodomites. Saracens. Women: Margaret Paston. 4 Images. Lovell Lectionary. Anne Of Burgundy, Duchess Of Bedford, Before St. Anne. Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (Ellesmere). Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (Hengwrt). Chaucer Portrait: Thomas Hoccleve, Regiment Of Princes. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde. Court Of King's Bench. Miracle Of The Boy Singer . New College, Oxford University. Revolt: Jean Froissart, Chroniques. Richard Ii Presented To The Virgin And Christ. Royal Benefactors. 5 Labor And Capital. Guilds. Ordinance And Statute Of Laborers. Pestilence. The Revolt. 6 Style And Spectacle. Feasts. The Hunt. Pageants. Processions. Sumptuary. Tournaments. 7 Textualities. Audience Reactions To Sermons. Books. Censorship. Enarratio (Analysis And Exposition Of Texts). The English Language. Plays and Representations. Appendix: Currency, Income, Prices; Measures. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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