The Legend of Guy of Warwick

by Velma Bourgeois Richmond

This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415763762
• ISBN13: 9780415763769
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 632 Pages