Authors, Factions, and Courts in Angevin England A Literature of Personal Ambition (12th–13th Century) /
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| Summary: | XI, 270 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color. text |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Udgivelse: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Serier: | The New Middle Ages,
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| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43352-8 |
| Format: | Electronisk Bog |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Chapter 1 Introduction. But What is the Point of Courtly Writing?
- Part 1 The Hydra: The Court’s Body and Its Wandering Heads
- Chapter 2 Re-thinking Literature at the English Royal Court, Its Protagonists and Contexts
- Chapter 3 Starting at the Bottom: The Authors
- Part 2 The Messages Between the Lines. A Political Reading of Courtly Texts
- Chapter 4 An Accurate Curriculum: Walter Map’s De Nugis Curialium
- Chapter 5 A Family Business: Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hibernica
- Part 3 The Real World is Here. The Role of Courtly Literature between Factions and Crisis
- Chapter 6 Surviving in the Upside-Down. Henry II’s Courtiers under Richard I’s Reign (1189-1199)
- Chapter 7 Moving Text into Action. Local Careerism and International Crisis
- Conclusion: Contingently Situated Literature and Courts Dynamics.