Winner and waster and its contexts : chivalry, law and economics in fourteenth-century England /

The late fourteenth-century English poem Winner and Waster narrates a debate between the forces of avarice (Winner) and generosity (Waster); it ranges widely over a number of major issues in the political life of England during Edward III's reign. This book sets out to re-date the poem from the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ormrod, W. M., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2021.
Temas:
Wynnere and Wastoure > Criticism, Textual.
Wynnere and Wastoure
1327-1377
Debate poetry, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Satire, English > History and criticism.
Poetry, Medieval > History and criticism.
Poetry, Medieval
Debate poetry, English (Middle)
Satire, English
Great Britain > History > Edward III, 1327-1377.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1327-1377 (Édouard III)
Great Britain
Allegory
Debate poetry, English (Middle) > History and criticism
Satire, English > History and criticism
Wynnere and Wastoure (Middle English poem)
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Winner and waster: a poem on the times
  • 1. Chivalry and internationalism: the Garter Feast of 1358 and English diplomacy during the 1350s and 1360s
  • 2. Treason, public order and dispute settlement: the Statute of Treasons of 1352 and Royal Arbitration
  • 3. Landed Society, conspicuous consumption and the political economy: the Sumptuary Laws of 1363
  • 4. The private and the public spheres: the Royal Household and State Finance under Edward III
  • 5. Satire, complaint and authorship: winner and waster and the alliterative revival of the fourteenth century
  • 6. Winner and waster: timeliness and timelessness.

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