This volume collects poems and historical documents relevant to understanding the political climate of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Britain, many of which have been out of print for a century. This new edition, geared towards classroom use with its notes, introductions, gloss, and glossary, opens up the fascinating study of late medieval English history. This volume contains five sections: Poems of Political Prophecy; Anticlerical Poems and Documents; Literature of Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt; Poems against Simony and the Abuse of Money; and Plowman Writings-all tied together by a common attitude of satire and complaint, and a distrust of those who may abuse power. This volume would make an excellent source for a class on English satire or late medieval politics.
ISBN: | 9781879288645 |
Publication date: | 1st April 1996 |
Author: | James M Dean |
Publisher: | Medieval Institute Publications |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 270 pages |
Series: | Middle English Texts |
Genres: |
History and Archaeology European history: medieval period, middle ages Poetry Politics and government |