1st Edition

Medieval Texts in Context

Edited By Graham D. Caie, Denis Renevey Copyright 2008
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work aids reconstruction of the period’s... Read more

1. Introduction Graham D Caie and Denis Renevey  2. The Manuscript Experience: What Medieval Vernacular Manuscripts Tell Us About Authors and Texts Graham D. Caie  3. Aspects of Mise-en-Page in Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible Matti Peikola  4.Harley 3954 and the Audience of Piers Plowman Simon Horobin  5.Cy ensuent trois chaunceons’: Groups and Sequences of Middle English Lyrics Julia Boffey  6.Sir John Fastolf’s French Books Richard Beadle  7.Journeyman Manuscript Production and Lay Piety: The Hopton Hall Manuscript A.S. G. Edwards  8.Contexts and Comments: the Chastising of God’s Children and the Mirror of Simple Souls in MS Bodley 505 Marleen Cré  9. The Haunted Text: Reflections in The Mirror to Deuout People Vincent Gillespie  10.Some North Yorkshire Scribes and Their Context Ralph Hanna  11.Looking for a Context: Rolle, Anchoritic Culture, and the Office of the Dead Denis Renevey 12. Issues of linguistic categorisation in the evolution of written Middle English Jeremy J. Smith  List of Manuscripts  Bibliography  Notes on Contributors  Index

Biography

Graham D. Caie, Denis Renevey