The Classicist Writings of Thomas Walsingham: `Worldly Cares' at St Albans Abbey in the Fourteenth Century

by Sylvia Federico

A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events.

The literary career of Thomas Walsingham, a significant figure in late fourteenth-century classicist letters in England and an overlooked contemporary of Chaucer, has been neglected - which this book remedies. Following the texts, rather than individuals or institutions, it demonstrates both authors' participation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903153638
• ISBN13: 9781903153635
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"