Living Through Conquest - The Politics of Early English, 1020-1220

Informationen zum Autor Elaine Treharne is Professor of Early English at Florida State University and Visiting Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Leicester. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the English Association. She is series editor of the English Association's Essays and Studies, and series editor, with Greg Walker, of Oxford Textual Perspectives. She is Medieval Editor for Review of English Studies, Literature Compass, and the Year's Work in English Studies. She is currently working on a detailed study of the fleshy materiality of the medieval book from 500 to 1500AD (The Sensual Book), and the emphasis on the medieval in the work of William Morris, Eric Gill, Edward Johnston and David Jones (From Arts and Crafts to Modernism: Beauty and the Book, 1891-1940). Klappentext Living through Conquest is the first ever investigation of the political clout of English from the reign of Cnut to the earliest decades of the thirteenth century. It focuses on why and how the English language was used by kings and their courts and by leading churchmen and monastic institutions at key moments from 1020 to 1220. Zusammenfassung Living through Conquest is the first ever investigation of the political clout of English from the reign of Cnut to the earliest decades of the thirteenth century. It focuses on why and how the English language was used by kings and their courts and by leading churchmen and monastic institutions at key moments from 1020 to 1220. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates Introduction: 'Their dialect, proverbs and songs': the Context of Conquest 1: 'And change may be good or evil': the Process of Conquest 2: 'Some would drink and deny it, and some would pray and atone': the Propaganda of Conquest 3: 'The end of that game is oppression and shame': the Silence of Conquest 4: 'Shame and Wrath had the Saxons': the Trauma of Conquest 5: 'The Saxon is not like us Normans': the Writing of Conquest 6: 'A nice little handful it is': the Remains of Conquest 7: 'This isn't fair dealing': the Unity of Conquest 8: 'Let them know that you know what they're saying': a Truth of Conquest Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Treharne, Elaine (Professor of Early English Treharne, Elaine M. Treharne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780199585250
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958525-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Textual Perspectives; Oxford Textual Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; England, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Historical & comparative linguistics, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Historical and comparative linguistics, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English