From England to Bohemia - Heresy and Communication in the Later Middle Ages

Informationen zum Autor Michael Van Dussen is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, McGill University. Klappentext The first examination of cultural exchanges between England and Bohemia after 1382, eventually leading to the suppression of heresy. Zusammenfassung The first full-length examination of the influential cultural and religious exchanges which took place between England and Bohemia following Richard II's marriage to Anne of Bohemia in 1382. This initially enabled new ideas of religion to flourish in both countries but eventually led the English authorities to suppress heresy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: beyond reformist historiography: communication in schism Europe; 1. 'The occasion of Queene Anne'; 2. Common ground: Richard Rolle at the edges of orthodoxy in England and Bohemia; 3. Conveying heresy: texts, tidings and the formation of a Lollard-Hussite fellowship; 4. 'Ad regna et loca extranea': diplomacy against heresy, 1411-16; 5. The aftermath: Bohemia in English religious polemic before Foxe; Afterward; Appendix A. Three verse eulogies of Anne of Bohemia: an edition; Appendix B. News of the Oldcastle Rising, 1414: an edition.

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• Authors: Michael (McGill University van Dussen, Michael van Dussen, Michael Van Dussen, Michael (Mcgill University Van Dussen, Van Dussen Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107016798
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01679-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Religion - Church History