Writing to the King: Nation, Kingship and Literature in England, 1250-1350

by David Matthews

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In the century before Chaucer a new language of political critique emerged. In political verse of the period, composed in Anglo-Latin, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English, poets write as if addressing the king himself, drawing on their sense of the rights granted by Magna Carta. These apparent appeals to the sovereign increase with the development of parliament in the late thirteenth century and the emergence of the common petition, and become prominent,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521111374

ISBN13:9780521111379

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:242 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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