Early Modern Britain's Relationship to Its Past : The Historiographical Fortunes of the Legends of Brute, Albina, and Scota / Philip Mark Robinson-Self.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson-Self, Philip Mark, Author.

Series:

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--To 1066--Historiography.

Great Britain.

British literature--History and criticism.

British literature.

Historiography--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Historiography.

Historiography--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Legends in literature.

Legends--Political aspects--Great Britain--History.

Legends.

Legends--Great Britain--Historiography.

Mythology, British--History--To 1500.

Mythology, British.

National characteristics, British--Historiography.

National characteristics, British.

National characteristics, British, in literature.

Historiography, British History, Early Modern History, Renaissance, Nationhood.

Local Subjects:

Historiography, British History, Early Modern History, Renaissance, Nationhood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume considers the reception in the early modern period of four popular medieval myths of nationhood - the legends of Brutus, Albina, Scota and Arthur - tracing their intertwined literary and historiographical afterlives. The book thus speaks to several connected areas and is timely on a number of fronts: its dialogue with current investigations into early modern historiography and the period's relationship to its past, its engagement with pressing issues in identity and gender studies, and its analysis of the formation of British national origin stories at a time when modern Britain is seriously considering its own future as a nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Origins of Origins

Chapter 1. Brutal Beginnings: Britain and the Reception of Brutus of Troy

Chapter 2. Albina and Her Sisters: Female Foundations

Chapter 3. Remembering Scotland: The Early Modern Reception of Scota

Chapter 4. Arthurian Afterthoughts Princes, Kings, and the Prophetic Past

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110626681

3110626683

9781580443524

1580443524

OCLC:

1129185269