Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance: Normans and Saxons

ISBN-13: 9780367864798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 220 str.

Dominique Battles

Opis

This book explores how the cultural distinctions and conflicts between Anglo-Saxons and Normans originating with the Norman Conquest of 1066 prevailed well into the fourteenth century and are manifest in a significant number of Middle English romances including King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir Orfeo, Sir Gawain and the Gr

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Plotting Conquest 2. Castle Architecture and English Identity 3. Forest Landscapes and Forest Exile 4. The Greenwood Tradition: English Heroes and English Outlaws Conclusion

O autorze

Dominique Battles is Professor of English at Hanover College, USA.