Author: Henry William HerbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Persons and Pictures from the Histories of France and England
Author: Henry William HerbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Familiar Enemy
Author: Ardis ButterfieldPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191610305
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Familiar Enemy re-examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France within the context of the Hundred Years War. During this war, two profoundly intertwined peoples developed complex strategies for expressing their aggressively intimate relationship. This special connection between the English and the French has endured into the modern period as a model for Western nationhood. Ardis Butterfield reassesses the concept of 'nation' in this period through a wide-ranging discussion of writing produced in war, truce, or exile from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, concluding with reflections on the retrospective views of this conflict created by the trials of Jeanne d'Arc and by Shakespeare's Henry V. She considers authors writing in French, 'Anglo-Norman', English, and the comic tradition of Anglo-French 'jargon', including Machaut, Deschamps, Froissart, Chaucer, Gower, Charles d'Orléans, as well as many lesser-known or anonymous works. Traditionally Chaucer has been seen as a quintessentially English author. This book argues that he needs to be resituated within the deeply francophone context, not only of England but the wider multilingual cultural geography of medieval Europe. It thus suggests that a modern understanding of what 'English' might have meant in the fourteenth century cannot be separated from 'French', and that this has far-reaching implications both for our understanding of English and the English, and of French and the French.
A parallel history of France and England
Author: Charlotte Mary YongeA Brief History of France, Revised and Updated
Author: Cecil JenkinsPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472140273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When we think of France, we tend think of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris or the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, France is home to extraordinary diversity. The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged through 2,000 years of history and it is this riveting story, from the Roman conquest of Gaul to the present day, that Cecil Jenkins tells: of the forging of this great nation through its significant people and events and and its fascinating culture. As he unfolds this narrative, Jenkins shows why the French began to see themselves as so different from the rest of Europe, but also why, today, the French face the same problems with regard to identity as so many other European nations.
Catalogue of Books in the South End Branch Library of the Boston Public Library
Author: Boston Public Library. South End BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Pioneers of France in the New World
Author: Francis ParkmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII
Author: Steven J. GunnPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198802862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
War should be recognised as one of the defining features of life in the England of Henry VIII. Henry fought many wars throughout his reign, and this book explores how this came to dominate English culture and shape attitudes to the king and to national history, with people talking and reading about war, and spending money on weaponry and defence.
That Sweet Enemy
Author: Robert TombsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781446426241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library in the Classes of History, Biography, Geography, and Travel
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Author: George Lillie Craik