Prophecy and public affairs in later medieval England

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Prophecy and public affairs in later medieval England

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Lesley A. Coote

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Prophecy & Public Affairs in Later Medieval England

Creator

• Coote, Lesley A., (Lesley Ann), 1954-

Subject

• English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
• Great Britain -- History | Prophecies
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1154-1399
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1399-1485
• Heroes in literature
• National characteristics, English, in literature
• Arthurian romances -- Appreciation -- England
• Nationalism in literature
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
• Prophecies in literature
• Prophecy in literature
• Public opinion -- England -- History -- To 1500
• Nationalism -- England -- History -- To 1500

Language

eng

Summary

A valuable research tool: Handlist of manuscripts containing political prophecies. In this first general survey of political prophecy in medieval England for almost a hundred years, Lesley Coote examines the nature of political prophecy, its audience and its reception. She compares the discourse of prophecy with other, related discourses, and demonstrates how it functioned as a political language. A study of extant manuscripts produces an account of the importance of political prophecy in later medieval England, from its emergence in the twelfth century to the end of the middle ages. What emerges from this study is a political language which was neither peripheral to English political consciousness, nor merely a game for intellectuals, but a major language for the discussion of public affairs. In this language were presented ideas of 'Englishness' and the aspirations of a 'national' community, which included the imminent revelation of a great crusading hero-ruler, a second Arthur, who would lead his people into the Last Days. The book is completed with a handlist of manuscripts containing political prophecies. Dr LESLEY A. COOTE is a Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Hull.--

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks