Learning to die in London, 1380-1540 /

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Taking as her focus a body of writings in poetic, didactic, and legal modes that circulated in England's capital between the 1380s--just a generation after the Black Death--and the first decade of the English reformation in the 1530s, Amy Appleford offers the first full-length study of the Midd...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Appleford, Amy, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2015.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
1100 - 1500
Death > Political aspects > England > London.
Death > England > London > Psychological aspects.
Death > England > London.
Death in literature.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Mort > Aspect politique > Angleterre > Londres.
Mort > Angleterre > Londres > Aspect psychologique.
Mort > Angleterre > Londres.
Mort dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Death
Death in literature
Death > Political aspects
Death > Psychological aspects
English literature > Middle English
England > London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Learning to Die in London, 1380-1540; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note on Quotations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Spiritual Governance and the Lay Household: The Visitation of the Sick; Chapter 2. Dying Generations: The Dance of Death; Chapter 3. Self-Care and Lay Asceticism: Learn to Die; Chapter 4. Wounded Texts and Worried Readers: The Book of the Craft of Dying; Chapter 5. The Exercise of Death in Henrician England; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments.

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