Prophecy, politics and place in Medieval England : from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Thomas of Erceldoune /
The period from the twelfth century to the Wars of the Roses witnessed a dominant tradition of secular prophecy engaged with high political affairs, which this book charts, discussing the production of prophetic texts forecasting the rule of the whole of Britain by the kings of England. The author d...
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Woodbridge ; Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd.,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: An Island of the Ocean; 1 'Cadualadrus Conanum uocabit': Political Prophecy in England, the Welsh March, and Ireland, c. 1130s-1260s; 2 'E si finerount les heirs d'engleterre hors de heritage': Galfridian Prophecy and the Anglo-Scottish Border, c. 1301-30s; 3 'Whan shal this be?' The English Erceldoune Tradition, c. 1310s-90s; 4 'A dede man shall make bytwene hem acorde': Cock in the North and Ceiliog y North, c. 1405-85; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
