Survey of London

Survey of London
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Total Pages : 570
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105009696860
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Historians on John Gower

Historians on John Gower
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 570
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ISBN-10 : 9781843845379
ISBN-13 : 1843845377
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Synopsis Historians on John Gower by : Stephen Rigby

The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the deposition of Richard II, the papal schism and the emergence of the heretical doctrines of John Wyclif and the Lollards. These social, political and religious crises and conflicts were addressed not only by preachers and by those involved in public affairs but also by poets, including Chaucer and Langland. Above all, though, it is in the verse of John Gower that we find the most direct engagement with contemporary events. Yet, surprisingly, few historians have examined Gower's responses to these events or have studied the broader moral and philosophical outlook which he used to make sense of them. Here, a number of eminent medievalists seek to demonstrate what historians can add to our understanding of Gower's poetry and his ideas about society (the nobility and chivalry, the peasants and the 1381 revolt, urban life and the law), the Church (the clergy, papacy, Lollardy, monasticism, and the friars) gender (masculinity and women and power), politics (political theory and the deposition of Richard II) and science and astronomy. The book also offers an important reassessment of Gower's biography based on newly-discovered primary sources. STEPHEN RIGBY is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Social and Economic History at the University of Manchester; SIAN ECHARD is Professor of English, University of British Columbia. Contributors: Mark Bailey, Michael Bennett, Martha Carlin, James Davis, Seb Falk, Christopher Fletcher, David Green, David Lepine, Martin Heale, Katherine Lewis, Anthony Musson, Stephen Rigby, Jens Röhrkasten.

Consuming Splendor

Consuming Splendor
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 0521842328
ISBN-13 : 9780521842327
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Synopsis Consuming Splendor by : Linda Levy Peck

A fascinating study of the ways in which consumption transformed social practices, gender roles, royal policies, and the economy in seventeenth-century England. It reveals for the first time the emergence of consumer society in seventeenth-century England.

The Antiquaries Journal

The Antiquaries Journal
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Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101077283958
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