The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture PDF eBook
Author Andrew Galloway
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 341
Release 2011-03-24
Genre History
ISBN 0521856892

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A compact collection of focused introductions to and inquiries into medieval England, representing both history and literature.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts PDF eBook
Author Orietta Da Rold
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 341
Release 2020-12-17
Genre History
ISBN 1107102464

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Explains the methods and knowledge required to understand how, why, and for whom manuscripts were made in medieval Britain.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature PDF eBook
Author Candace Barrington
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 235
Release 2019-08-08
Genre Law
ISBN 1107180783

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A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the interrelationship between law and literature in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism PDF eBook
Author Samuel Fanous
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 343
Release 2011-05-12
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1139827669

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The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England. This is an excellent, insightful introduction to medieval English mystical texts, their authors, readers and communities. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, the Companion offers an accessible overview for students of literature, history and theology.

The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism

The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism PDF eBook
Author Louise D'Arcens
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 257
Release 2016-03-10
Genre History
ISBN 110708671X

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An introduction to medievalism offering a balance of accessibility and sophistication, with comprehensive overviews as well as detailed case studies.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance PDF eBook
Author Roberta L. Krueger
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 182
Release 2000-06-22
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780521556873

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This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature. Chapters describe the origins of early verse romance in twelfth-century French and Anglo-Norman courts and analyze the evolution of verse and prose romance in France, Germany, England, Italy, and Spain throughout the Middle Ages. The volume introduces a rich array of traditions and texts and offers fresh perspectives on the manuscript context of romance, the relationship of romance to other genres, popular romance in urban contexts, romance as mirror of familiar and social tensions, and the representation of courtly love, chivalry, 'other' worlds and gender roles. Together the essays demonstrate that European romances not only helped to promulgate the ideals of elite societies in formation, but also held those values up for questioning. An introduction, a chronology and a bibliography of texts and translations complete this lively, useful overview.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing PDF eBook
Author Carolyn Dinshaw
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 316
Release 2003-05-22
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9780521796385

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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing seeks to recover the lives and particular experiences of medieval women by concentrating on various kinds of texts: the texts they wrote themselves as well as texts that attempted to shape, limit, or expand their lives. The first section investigates the roles traditionally assigned to medieval women (as virgins, widows, and wives); it also considers female childhood and relations between women. The second section explores social spaces, including textuality itself: for every surviving medieval manuscript bespeaks collaborative effort. It considers women as authors, as anchoresses 'dead to the world', and as preachers and teachers in the world staking claims to authority without entering a pulpit. The final section considers the lives and writings of remarkable women, including Marie de France, Heloise, Joan of Arc, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and female lyricists and romancers whose names are lost, but whose texts survive.