The Creation of Lancastrian Kingship: Literature, Language and Politics in Late Medieval England (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 67) - Softcover

Nuttall, Jenni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521175488 ISBN 13: 9780521175487

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The arguments used to justify the deposition of Richard II in 1399 created new forms of political discussion which developed alongside new expectations of kingship itself and which shaped political action and debate for centuries to come. This interdisciplinary study analyses the political language and literature of the early Lancastrian period, particularly the reigns of Henry IV (1399-1413) and Henry V (1413-22). Lancastrian authors such as Thomas Hoccleve and the authors of the anonymous works Richard the Redeless, Mum and the Sothsegger and Crowned King made creative use of languages and idioms which were in the process of escaping from the control of their royal masters. In a study that has far-reaching implications for both literary and political history, Jenni Nuttall presents a fresh understanding of how political language functions in the late medieval period.

About this title

Book Description:

This interdisciplinary study analyses the political language and literature of the early Lancastrian period, particularly the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. Jenni Nuttall's understanding of how political language functions in the late medieval period has far-reaching implications for both literary and political history.

About the Author:

Jenni Nuttall is a College Lecturer in English at St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521175488
• ISBN 13: 9780521175487
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202