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Rosemarie McGerr - Lancastrian Mirror for Princes - 9780253356413 - V9780253356413
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Lancastrian Mirror for Princes

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Description for Lancastrian Mirror for Princes Hardcover. How language and marginalia shape the perception of a landmark legal text Num Pages: 232 pages, 56 color illus., 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.

This seminal study addresses one of the most beautifully decorated 15th-century copies of the New Statutes of England, uncovering how the manuscript's unique interweaving of legal, religious, and literary discourses frames the reader's perception of the work. Taking internal and external evidence into account, Rosemarie McGerr suggests that the manuscript was made for Prince Edward of Lancaster, transforming a legal reference work into a book of instruction in kingship, as well as a means of celebrating the Lancastrians' rightful claim to the English throne during the Wars of the Roses. A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes also explores the role played ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253356413
SKU
V9780253356413
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Rosemarie McGerr
Rosemarie McGerr is Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Medieval Studies Institute at Indiana University Bloomington. She is author of Chaucer's Open Books: Resistance to Closure in Medieval Discourse and The Pilgrimage of the Soul: A Critical Edition of the Middle English Dream Vision.

Reviews for Lancastrian Mirror for Princes
. . . an indisputably good book. . . assiduous scholarship illumines . . . .
American Historical Review
McGerr has done an excellent job in reminding her audience to pay attention not only to the words in the manuscript, but their margin as well. McGerr's prose is fantastic, too, flowing naturally and being free from unnecessary jargon. ... Read more

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