Prophecy and public affairs in later medieval England /
In the first general survey of political prophecy in medieval England for almost a hundred years, Lesley Coote examines the nature of political prophecy, its audience and its reception, from its emergence in the twelfth century to the end of the middle ages. Working from original manuscripts, she re...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY :
York Medieval Press in association with Boydell Press
2000.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt81r1m |
Table des matières:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 What is Political Prophecy?; 2 The Second Arthur: The King as hero c. 1135-1307; 3 Expectation and Disappointment 1307-1340; 4 Debate and Crusade 1340-1399; 5 The Imperial Hero 1399-1440; 6 Cadwallader and the Angelic Voice: The Rationalization of Chaos 1450"1485; Postscript; Handlist of Manuscripts; Bibliography; Index.