Fifteenth-century studies. Volume 35 /
"The fifteenth century defies consensus on fundamental issues; most scholars agree, however, that the period outgrew the Middle Ages, that it was a time of transition and a passage to modern times. Fifteenth-Century Studies treats diverse aspects of the period, including liberal and fine arts,...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, NY :
Camden House, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer,
[2010]
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| Series: | Fifteenth century studies ;
v. 35. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "The fifteenth century defies consensus on fundamental issues; most scholars agree, however, that the period outgrew the Middle Ages, that it was a time of transition and a passage to modern times. Fifteenth-Century Studies treats diverse aspects of the period, including liberal and fine arts, historiography, medicine, and religion. Volume 35 addresses topics including physical impairments as depicted in surgical handbooks printed in Germany and as reflected through eyeglasses for the blind (a therapy proposed by French vernacular poets); literary constructions of women in de Meun's Cité des Dames and in hagiographic legends of Spain; the evolution of the Order of the Garter as dramatized in Shakespeare; serious elements in French farces; the festival context of Villon's Pet-au-Deable; Boethius in the late Middle Ages; A Revelation of Purgatory and Chaucer's Prioress; Piers Plowman in one British Library manuscript; and narrative afterlife and time in Henryson's Testament of Cresseid. Book reviews conclude the volume"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781571138187 1571138188 |
| ISSN: | 0164-0933 ; 0164-0933 |
