New Troy: Fantasies of Empire in the Late Middle Ages Volume 36

by Sylvia Federico

Examines the political and literary uses of the Trojan legend in the medieval period

England in the late fourteenth century witnessed a large-scale social revolt, a lingering and seemingly hopeless war with France, and fierce factional conflicts in royal politics and London civic government--struggles in which all parties sought to justify their actions by claiming historical precedent. How the Trojan legend figured in these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816641676
• ISBN13: 9780816641673
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"