Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England c.1100-c.1500
- Author / Editor
- Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn, and others, eds.
Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England c.1100-c.1500
- Published
- Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Rochester, N.Y.: York Medieval Press, 2009.
- Physical Description
- xxii, 533 pp.
- Description
- Thirty-four essays by various authors (and an introduction by the editor) on a variety of linguistic and literary topics. Essays are arranged in four categories: (1) Language and Socio-Linguistics; (2) Crossing the Conquest: New Linguistic and Literary Histories; (3) After Lateran IV: Francophone Devotions and Histories; and (4) England and France in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. The volume includes extensive notes, bibliography, and several indices, including an Index of Primary Authors with fifteen references to Chaucer. For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Language and Culture in Medieval Britain under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Background and General Criticism