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Mythographie in England 1330-1450 : Eine literarische Bewegung und ihre Kritiker / Bernard Hollick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollick, Bernard, author.
- Series:
- Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 59.
- Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 59
- Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Classical Studies.
- Classical Tradition & Reception Studies.
- Greek & Latin Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Eine literarische Bewegung und ihre Kritiker
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Language Note:
- German
- Summary:
- Between 133 and 145, a versatile body of mythographic texts emerged in England: in letters and sermons, commentaries, treatises and poems, a narrative cosmos centred around Ovid’s Metamorphoses came to live again. This was not only due to antiquarian interests. The recourse to ancient myth served the cultural self-assertion of the learned clerical elites, whose expert status was increasingly threatened. The present study tries to explain this late blossoming of Anglo-Latin mythography and its development against the background of a larger controversy around religious language and clerical knowledge. The books also introduces the most important representatives of the movement, like Robert Holcot and Thomas Walsinghams as well as critics like John Wyclif.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789004760066
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004760066 DOI
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