Writers of the Reign of Henry II: Twelve Essays

By: Kennedy, Ruth

This collection is the work of scholars on Middle English, Insular French and Medieval Latin writings of the late twelfth century in England and its possessions, when an English-speaking populace was ruled by a French-speaking aristocracy and administered by a Latin-speaking and writing clergy. The political discourses of Henry's reign are acknowledged, developed and ironised within the first real flowering of so many vernacular genres, romance and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403966443
• ISBN13: 9781403966445
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"