The English and Their History.

Author / Editor
Tombs, Robert.

Title
The English and Their History.

Published
New York: Knopf, 2014.

Physical Description
x, 1024 pp.

Description
Presents a comprehensive history of England and argues that shared language is a key component of an English national identity that was developed by the end of the Middle Ages. Credits Chaucer, Langland, and Wyclif with the revival of English in the fourteenth century.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Language and Word Studies