Cultural Diversity in the British Middle Ages: Archipelago, Island, England

by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

Book Overview

Through close readings of both familiar and obscure medieval texts, the contributors to this volume attempt to read England as a singularly powerful entity within a vast geopolitical network. This capacious world can be glimpsed in the cultural flows connecting the Normans of Sicily with the rulers of England, or Chaucer with legends arriving from Bohemia. It can also be seen in surprising places in literature, as when green children are discovered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349371580
• ISBN13: 9781349371587
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"