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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine NallPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: D.S. Brewer Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781843843245ISBN 10: 1843843242 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 19 July 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reading and War from Lydgate to Malory Reading Vegetius in fifteenth-century England Reading and War in the Aftermath of Defeat Making War: the Martial Endeavours of John Lydgate and Henry V Sacralising Warfare in Knyghthode and Bataile Malory's Morte Darthur and the Rhetoric of War Conclusion BibliographyReviewsAn impressively researched survey. (...) Providing a fresh look at the literature of a still relatively neglected period, the book will be of most interest to those working both on military history and 15th-century literature. CHOICE A stimulating read. (It) will be an indispensable point of reference for the understanding of fifteenth-century chivalric culture, war and politics for many years to come.THE RICARDIAN Well researched and thought provoking. SPECULUM Wide-ranging and engagingly argued, and will appeal to scholars of literature, cultural history and book history alike. REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES A deeply founded, perceptive, and clear study of the close engagement of English literary culture with the military mentality of the late Middle Ages, a book that connects and illuminates a wide range of disparate textual materials. It will be important reading for scholars working in the area. STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCERA valuable and impressive study. ARTHURIANAA welcome contribution to what we might now call the New Fifteenth-Century Studies. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIESAn impressively researched survey. (...) Providing a fresh look at the literature of a still relatively neglected period, the book will be of most interest to those working both on military history and 15th-century literature. CHOICE A stimulating read. (It) will be an indispensable point of reference for the understanding of fifteenth-century chivalric culture, war and politics for many years to come.THE RICARDIAN Wide-ranging and engagingly argued, and will appeal to scholars of literature, cultural history and book history alike. REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES A deeply founded, perceptive, and clear study of the close engagement of English literary culture with the military mentality of the late Middle Ages, a book that connects and illuminates a wide range of disparate textual materials. It will be important reading for scholars working in the area. STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCERA valuable and impressive study. ARTHURIANAA welcome contribution to what we might now call the New Fifteenth-Century Studies. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIESAn impressively researched survey. (...) Providing a fresh look at the literature of a still relatively neglected period, the book will be of most interest to those working both on military history and 15th-century literature. CHOICE A stimulating read. (It) will be an indispensable point of reference for the understanding of fifteenth-century chivalric culture, war and politics for many years to come.THE RICARDIAN Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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