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The revolt of Owain Glyndŵr in Medieval English chronicles /

"The revolt of Owain Glyndwr (1400-c.1415) was a remarkable event in both English and Welsh contexts, and as such was narrated by a number of chroniclers, including Adam Usk, John Capgrave, Thomas Walsingham and Edward Halle. They offer a range of perspectives on the events, as well as portraya...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marchant, Alicia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : York Medieval Press in association with The Boydell Press, 2014
Colección:York medieval texts
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Imagining Owain Glyndŵr and the Welsh Rebellion: English Medieval chronicles in context
  • Part 1. Narrative strategies and literary traditions. 'As you shalle heare': the role of the narrator
  • 'Eo tempore': Chronological structure and representations of time
  • 'Ay in hilles and in mounteynes': spatial structure and representations of space
  • Part 2. Imagining the rebellion. 'With praies and bloudy handes returned again to Wales': imagining individuals in the narratives of the revolt
  • 'Barefooted buffoons': imagining the Welsh in the narratives of the revolt
  • 'That bareine, vnfertile and depopulate countrey': imagining Wales in the narratives of the revolt
  • Conclusions: A multiplicity of voices: reading the narratives of the Welsh revolt.