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This collection of work studies the often neglected writers of the second half of the twelfth century in England. At this time three languages competed for recognition and prestige and carved out their own spaces, while an English-speaking populace was ruled by a French-speaking aristocracy and administered by a Latin-speaking and writing clergy.
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"This valuable collection of essays by leading scholars gives us a comprehensive picture of textual practice in the multi-linguistic and socially heterogeneous England of the later twelfth century. Writers of the Reign of Henry II envisions a new way of thinking about this era in English literary history, not as a transitional stage between the Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, but rather on its own terms as one of the most exciting and politically charged eras of literary culture in which Latin, English, and French occupied overlapping spheres of influence. The great virtue of this volume is that it does not reduce the multivocality of the twelfth century by focusing on just one of its languages, genres, or literary traditions, but instead surveys the diverse and often dissonant textual voices of the period." - Rita Copeland, University of Pennsylvania
About the authors
RUTH KENNEDY is a Lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
SIMON MEECHAM-JONES is a Faculty Member of English at Cambridge University, UK.
SIMON MEECHAM-JONES is a Faculty Member of English at Cambridge University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writers of the Reign of Henry II
Book Subtitle: Twelve Essays
Editors: Ruth Kennedy, Simon Meecham-Jones
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-08855-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6644-5Published: 19 May 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-08855-0Published: 30 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 280
Topics: Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, History of Britain and Ireland, Medieval Literature, History of Medieval Europe, Classical and Antique Literature