Legends, Traditions And History In Medieval England 9781472598974

Legends, Tradition and History in Medieval England 1852850167, 9781852850166

In this collection of essays, Antonia Gransden brings out the virtues of medieval writers and highlights their attitudes

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Traditions and Transformations in Late Medieval England 9004123415, 9789004123410

In May 1998, the North American Branch of the Richard III Society, in conjunction with the Departments of History at the

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Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England 9781501711572

Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated duri

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New Legends of England: Forms of Community in Late Medieval Saints' Lives 0812249828, 9780812249828

In New Legends of England, Catherine Sanok examines a significant, albeit previously unrecognized, phenomenon of fifteen

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New Legends of England: Forms of Community in Late Medieval Saints' Lives 9780812294705

New Legends of England examines a previously unrecognized phenomenon of fifteenth-century English literary culture: the

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Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England

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Rancor and Reconciliation in Medieval England 9781501725746

Duels and bloodfeuds have long been regarded as essentially Continental phenomena, counter to the staid and orderly Brit

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Chivalry in Medieval England 9780674063693

Popular views of medieval chivalry—knights in shining armor, fair ladies, banners fluttering from battlements—were inher

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Worship in Medieval England 9781641891165

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Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England 9781350986121, 9781838608415

Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One na

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