John Capgrave's Fifteenth Century

by Karen A. Winstead

Britain of the fifteenth century was rife with social change, religious dissent, and political upheaval. Amid this ferment lived John Capgrave--Austin friar, doctor of theology, leading figure in East Anglian society, and noted author. Nowhere are the tensions and anxieties of this critical period, spanning the close of the medieval and the dawn of early modern eras, more eloquently conveyed than in Capgrave's works.

John Capgrave's Fifteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812239776
• ISBN13: 9780812239775
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"