Romance and the gentry in late medieval England /

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This book offers a new history of Middle English romance, the most popular genre of secular literature in the English middle ages. Michael Johnston argues that many of the romances composed in England from 1350-1500 arose in response to the specific socio-economic concerns of the gentry, the class o...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Johnston, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
This book offers a new history of Middle English romance, the most popular genre of secular literature in the English middle ages. Michael Johnston argues that many of the romances composed in England from 1350-1500 arose in response to the specific socio-economic concerns of the gentry, the class of English landowners who lacked titles of nobility and hence occupied the lower rungs of the aristocracy.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191759093 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Gentry > Books and reading > England > History > To 1500.
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