A Presentment of Englishry - Guilar, Liam
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'Are you English?' is never a neutral question. In the 11th century a 'Presentment of Englishry' was the offering of proof that a dead man was English and therefore unimportant. In the 12th century Läamon, a priest living in the small settlement of Areley Regis by the River Severn, set out to 'tell the noble deeds of the English, who they were, and where they came from.' No one knows why he choose to write his 16,000-plus lines in English. Taking his life and poem as their starting point, the stories in this collection of poems move outward from the legendary arrival of the Trojans in Britain,…mehr

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'Are you English?' is never a neutral question. In the 11th century a 'Presentment of Englishry' was the offering of proof that a dead man was English and therefore unimportant. In the 12th century Läamon, a priest living in the small settlement of Areley Regis by the River Severn, set out to 'tell the noble deeds of the English, who they were, and where they came from.' No one knows why he choose to write his 16,000-plus lines in English. Taking his life and poem as their starting point, the stories in this collection of poems move outward from the legendary arrival of the Trojans in Britain, finding echoes and similarities in stories from Angevin England and Ireland, the prehistoric tin trade and the arrival of the first English as raiders and migrants in a fading Roman Britain.
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Made in Coventry. Educated by the city library system though officially at Sacred Heart School and then Cardinal Wiseman's Boys School. Studied Medieval English and History at Birmingham University, then to Liverpool University to qualify as an English teacher.Moved to Australia in 1986 and have taught high school English ever since. Completed a Masters degree (by Research) in Medieval Lit at the University of Qld and finished a PhD in 'Creative Writing' at Deakin University in 2017.