Reimagining the Past in the Borderlands of Medieval England and Wales

This study demonstrates the emergence of a particular brand of Welsh marcher literature interested in succession, land rights, and the narrative scope of Geoffrey of Monmouth, which had an enduring impact on late medieval thought.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Rewriting Geoffrey of Monmouth


• 2: Royal Aspirations


• 3: Ancestral Memory


• 4: Romance and Identity


• 5: Elegies for Welsh Princes


• Conclusion

About the author

Georgia Henley is an Assistant Professor of English at Saint Anselm College, a Senior Fellow in the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, and an Associate of the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

Summary

This study demonstrates the emergence of a particular brand of Welsh marcher literature interested in succession, land rights, and the narrative scope of Geoffrey of Monmouth, which had an enduring impact on late medieval thought.

Product details

• Authors: Georgia Henley, Georgia (Assistant Professor of English Henley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9780192856470
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285647-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Oxford Textual Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval