Chaucer and Becket's mother : "The man of law's tale," conversion, and race in the Middle Ages /

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Less than a hundred years after Thomas Becket's martyrdom at the hands of four of Henry II's knights, his Anglo-Norman mother was transformed into a pagan princess who abandoned faith and kin for Becket's father and Christianity. Pagès uses this wholly fictional legend about the sain...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pagès, Meriem (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2023.
Series:Medieval media cultures.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Man of law's tale.
Thomas, > à Becket, Saint, > 1118?-1170 > Family.
Thomas, > à Becket, Saint, > 1118?-1170
Man of law's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
To 1500
Race awareness > England > History > To 1500.
Race in literature.
Conversion in literature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Race dans la littérature.
Conversion dans la littérature.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
Families
Race in literature
Race awareness
Literature, Medieval
Conversion in literature
England
Electronic books.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • Introduction DESIRE, ANXIETY, AND CONVERSION
  • Introduction DESIRE, ANXIETY, AND CONVERSION
  • Chapter 2 THOMAS BECKET'S MOTHER
  • Chapter 3 THE BECKET LEGEND, THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE, AND CONVERSION
  • Chapter 4 THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE IN CONTEXT
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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