Parliament and literature in late medieval England / Matthew Giancarlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giancarlo, Matthew, 1969-

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 64.

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Langland, William, 1330?-1400?.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Great Britain. Parliament.

English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--To 1500.

Politics and literature.

Political and social views.

Representative government and representation.

History.

Great Britain.

Political poetry, English--History and criticism.

Political poetry, English.

Representative government and representation in literature.

Great Britain. Parliament--History--To 1500.

Constitutional history--England.

Constitutional history.

England.

Representative government and representation--England--History.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Political and social views.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Gower, John, 1325?-1408--Political and social views.

Gower, John.

Langland, William, 1330?-1400?--Political and social views.

Langland, William.

Physical Description:

xiii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Contents:

Parliament and voice in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries

Parliament, criticism, and complaint in the later fourteenth century

Property, purchase, parliament: the estates of man in John Gower's Mirour de l'Omme and Cronica tripertita

"Oure is the voys": Chaucer's parliaments and the mediation of community

Parliament, Piers Plowman and the reform of the public voice

Petitioning for show: complaint and the parliamentary voice, 1401-1414.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.

ISBN:

0521875390

9780521875394

OCLC:

81252697

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