W M Ormrod

Winner and Waster and Its Contexts

Chivalry, Law and Economics in Fourteenth-Century England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First recent full-length analysis of a major medieval poem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781843845812
• ISBN-10: 1843845814
• Artikelnr.: 59765897

Autorenporträt

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Note on Editions List of Abbreviations Introduction
Winner and Waster: A Poem on the Times Chivalry and Internationalism: The
Garter Feast of 1358 and English Diplomacy during the 1350s and 1360s
Treason, Public Order and Dispute Settlement: the Statute of Treasons of
1352 and Royal Arbitration Landed Society, Conspicuous Consumption and the
Political Economy: The Sumptuary Laws of 1363 The Private and the Public
Spheres: The Royal Household and State Finance under Edward III Satire,
Complaint and Authorship: Winner and Waster and the Alliterative Revival of
the Fourteenth Century Winner and Waster: Timeliness and Timelessness
Appendix 1: Timeline, 1337-1370 Appendix 2: A Modern English Version of
Winner and Waster Bibliography Index