Yazar: Rosalind Brown-Grant

Whilst French romances of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries have long enjoyed a privileged place in the literary history of France, romances from the later middle ages have been largely neglected …

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Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both …

Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both …

Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France’s first professional woman of letters. Her pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male …

An examination of medieval historican writings through the prism of violence. The concept of medieval historiography as ‘usable past’ is here challenged and reassessed. The contributors’ shared c …

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display. The period from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century witnessed a rapid development of the tournament …

First English translation of the chivalric biography of the foremost knight of the late Middle Ages. Jacques de Lalaing ( c.1421-53) was undoubtedly the most famous knight at the court of the Bu …

First English translation of the chivalric biography of the foremost knight of the late Middle Ages.Jacques de Lalaing (c.1421-53) was undoubtedly the most famous knight at the court of the …

Pioneering female writer Christine de Pizan’s spirited defence of her sex against medieval misogyny and literary stereotypes is now recognized as one of the most important books in the history of …

This collection of essays examines how the paratextual apparatus of medieval manuscripts both inscribes and expresses power relations between the producers and consumers of knowledge in this …

This collection of essays examines how the paratextual apparatus of medieval manuscripts both inscribes and expresses power relations between the producers and consumers of knowledge in this …