| Description |
1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Credits; Preface; Acknowledgments; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 Green Knight, and others. Specifically, the study looks at how the material culture of these poems (architecture, battle tactic, landscapes) systematically and persistently distinguishes between Norman and Anglo-Saxon cultural identity. Additionally, it examines the influence of |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Romances, English -- History and criticism
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English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
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National characteristics, English -- History -- To 1500
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English literature -- Middle English
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National characteristics, English
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Romances, English
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312
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| Subject |
England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136156632 |
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1136156631 |
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