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Shaping Courtliness in Medieval France: Essays in Honor of Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner
Daniel Daniel O´sullivan (Ed.)
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The question of what medieval "courtliness" was, both as a literary influence and as a historical "reality", is debated in this volume. The concept of courtliness forms the theme of this collection of essays. Focused on works written in the Francophone world between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, they examine courtliness as both an historical privilege and aliterary ideal, and as a concept that operated on and was informed by complex social and economic realities. Several essays reveal how courtliness is subject to satire or is the subject of exhortation in works intended for noblemen and women, not to ... Read more
The question of what medieval "courtliness" was, both as a literary influence and as a historical "reality", is debated in this volume. The concept of courtliness forms the theme of this collection of essays. Focused on works written in the Francophone world between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, they examine courtliness as both an historical privilege and aliterary ideal, and as a concept that operated on and was informed by complex social and economic realities. Several essays reveal how courtliness is subject to satire or is the subject of exhortation in works intended for noblemen and women, not to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843351
SKU
V9781843843351
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About Daniel Daniel O´sullivan (Ed.)
DAVID F. HULT is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for Shaping Courtliness in Medieval France: Essays in Honor of Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner
In an era when academic presses insist on disguising Festschriften (if they publish them at all) as anything but what they are, D.S. Brewer should be applauded for honoring the genre with so robust an example. Indeed, the volume demonstrates how coherent the breed can be when orchestrated effectively.
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[A] superbly eclectic but also very coherent ... Read more
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[A] superbly eclectic but also very coherent ... Read more