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University of Minnesota Press
- Imagining A Medieval English Nation
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Medieval Cultures
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During the late Middle Ages, the increasing expansion of administrative, legal, and military systems by a central government, together with the greater involvement of the commons in national life, brought England closer than ever to political nationhood. Examining a diverse array of texts—ranging from Latin and vernacular historiography to Lollard tracts, Ricardian poetry, and chivalric treatises—this volume reveals the variety of forms “England” assumed when it was imagined in the medieval West. These essays disrupt conventional thinking about the relationship between premodernity and modernity, challenge traditional preconceptions regarding the origins of the nation, and complicate theories about the workings of nationalism. Imagining a Medieval English Nation is not only a collection of new readings of major canonical works by leading medievalists, it is among the first book-length analyses on the subject and of critical interest. Contributors: Kathleen Davis, Bucknell U; L. O. Aranye Fradenburg, U of California, Santa Barbara; Andrew Galloway, Cornell U; Jill C. Havens, Baylor U; Peggy A. Knapp, Carnegie Mellon U; Larry Scanlon, Rutgers U; D. Vance Smith, Princeton U; Claire Sponsler, U of Iowa; Lynn Staley, Colgate U; Thorlac Turville-Petre, U of Nottingham.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. vii-xxxiv
- Part 1. Theorizing the Medieval English Nation
- Pro Patria Mori
- pp. 3-38
- Part 2. The Languages of England
- Latin England
- pp. 41-95
- Part 3. Chaucer's England
- Chaucer Imagines England (in English)
- pp. 131-160
- Part 4. Langland's England
- Part 5. England and Its Neighbors
- Translating "Communitas"
- pp. 261-303
- Contributors
- pp. 347-352
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816692453
Related ISBN(s)
9780816637355
MARC Record
OCLC
191932331
Pages
394
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No