Jenni Nuttall

Creation of Lancastrian Kingship (eBook, PDF)

Literature, Language and Politics in Late Medieval England

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Produktbeschreibung

The arguments used to justify the deposition of Richard II in 1399 created new forms of political discussion which developed alongside new expectations of kingship itself and which shaped political action and debate for centuries to come. This interdisciplinary study analyses the political language and literature of the early Lancastrian period, particularly the reigns of Henry IV (1399-1413) and Henry V (1413-22). Lancastrian authors such as Thomas Hoccleve and the authors of the anonymous works Richard the Redeless, Mum and the Sothsegger and Crowned King made creative use of languages and idioms which were in the process of escaping from the control of their royal masters. In a study that has far-reaching implications for both literary and political history, Jenni Nuttall presents a fresh understanding of how political language functions in the late medieval period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511340031
• Artikelnr.: 37839043

Autorenporträt

Jenni Nuttall is a College Lecturer in English at St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Household Narratives: 1. Stereotyping Richard and the Ricardian familia
2. The dissemination of the Ricardian stereotype
3. Politicizing pre-existing languages
4. From stereotypes to standards
5. Household narratives in Lancastrian poetry
Part II. Credit and Love: 6. Promises, expectations, explanations and solutions
7. A discourse of credit and loyalty
8. Credit and fraud in Hoccleve's regiment
Conclusion. Lancastrian conversations
Bibliography.