Imagining the Pagan in Late Medieval England

Reads the imagined history of the long term relationship between pagan and Christian through quasi-factual fifteenth-century Middle English writings, from Lydgate's Troy Book to the hagiographies of Bokenham, Barclay and Capgrave and Mandeville's Travels.

List of contents

Introduction
Origins: Building Cities, Making Idols
Encounters: The City Converted, the Fallen Idols
The Present: Traces, Recurrences, Survivals
Coda: The Future
Bibliography

About the author

Sarah Salih

Summary

Reads the imagined history of the long term relationship between pagan and Christian through quasi-factual fifteenth-century Middle English writings, from Lydgate's Troy Book to the hagiographies of Bokenham, Barclay and Capgrave and Mandeville's Travels.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Salih, Sarah (Contributor) Salih
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781843845409
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-540-9
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works