Research Catalog

Title

The matter of kings' lives : the design of past and present in the early fourteenth-century verse chronicles by Pierre de Langtoft and Robert Mannyng / Thea Summerfield.

Author

Summerfield, Thea

Publication

Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 1998.

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Details

Description

viii, 319 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map; 22 cm

Series Statement

Costerus ; New Series, 113

Uniform Title

Costerus ; new ser., v. 113.

Subject

• Peter, of Langtoft, -1307? > Translations into English
• Mannyng, Robert, active 1288-1338
• To 1485
• Historical poetry
• Kings and rulers in literature
• Literature, Medieval > Translations
• Historical poetry
• Kings and rulers
• Kings and rulers in literature
• Literature, Medieval
• Engels
• Gedichten
• Kronieken (geschiedenis)
• Heden
• Het Verleden
• Great Britain > History > To 1485 > Poetry
• Great Britain > Kings and rulers
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Historical poetry
• History
• Poetry
• Translations
• Historical poetry.
• Poésie historique.

Note

• "An earlier version of this book was distributed on a limited scale as a Utrecht University dissertation in October 1995"--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and index.

Contents

I. Introduction -- II. An Introduction to Pierre de Langtoft and his Chronicle -- III. "Escotez la Defaute": A Reading of Langtoft's Chronicle -- IV. Politics and Personalities: The Purpose of Pierre de Langtoft's Chronicle -- V. Politics and the English People in the Early Fourteenth Century -- VI. An Introduction to Robert Mannyng and his Chronicle -- VII. "Als thei said, than say I": A Reading of Robert Mannyng's Chronicle -- VIII. "I trauayled for 3our solace": anxiety and reassurance in Robert Mannyng's Chronicle -- IX. Epilogue -- Appendix I.A List of Langtoft MSS.

ISBN

• 9042003448
• 9789042003446

OCLC

• ocm38292983
• 38292983
• SCSB-8859327

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library