Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500

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Language and Culture in Medieval Britain

The French of England, c.1100-c.1500

Edited by: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne , Carolyn P Collette , Maryanne Kowaleski , Linne R Mooney , Ad Putter and D A Trotter
With contributions by: Serge Lusignan , W Mark Ormrod , Richard Ingham , Pierre Kunstmann , Thea Summerfield , Richard Britnell , Marilyn Oliva , Maryanne Kowaleski , Brian Merrilees , Heather Pagan , R F Yeager , D A Trotter , Elizabeth M. Tyler , Henry Bainton , Francoise H M Le Saux , Geoff Rector , Ruth Nisse , Monica H. Green , Jocelyn Wogan-Browne , Helen Deeming , Jean-Pascal Pouzet , Laurie Postlewate , Alain Ricard , Julia Marvin , Nicholas Watson , Rebecca June , Tim W Machan , Carolyn P Collette , Julia Boffey , Ad Putter , G Croenen , Martha W. Driver , Andrew Taylor , Stephanie Downes and Delbert W Russell

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2009

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Groundbreaking surveys of the complex interrelationship between the languages of English and French in medieval Britain.

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Collette Carolyn P :

CAROLYN COLLETTE is an American literary critic whose work has focused on late Medieval Anglo-French literary culture. She is Professor Emerita of English literature at Mount Holyoke College.Putter Ad :

Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.Ormrod W Mark :

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.Yeager R F :

R.F. YEAGER is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Language, University of West Florida.Watson Nicholas :

NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.Collette Carolyn P :

CAROLYN COLLETTE is an American literary critic whose work has focused on late Medieval Anglo-French literary culture. She is Professor Emerita of English literature at Mount Holyoke College.Boffey Julia :

JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London.Putter Ad :

Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.Taylor Andrew :

ANDREW TAYLOR is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
General Introduction: What’s in a Name: The ‘French’ of ‘England’ Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I Language and Socio-Linguistics
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
1 French Language in Contact with English: Social Context and Linguistic Change (mid-13th–14th centuries) Serge Lusignan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 The Language of Complaint: Multiligualism and Petitioning in Later Medieval England W. Mark Ormrod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 The Persistence of Anglo-Norman 1230–1362: A Linguistic Perspective Richard Ingham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4 Syntaxe anglo-normande : étude de certaines caractéristiques du XII^e au XIV^e siècle Pierre Kunstmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5 ‘“Fi a debles,” quath the king’: Language-mixing in England’s Vernacular Historical Narratives, c.1290 – c.1340 Thea Summerfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6 Uses of French Language in Medieval English Towns Richard Britnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
7 The French of England in Female Convents: The French Kitcheners’ Accounts of Campsey Ash Priory Marilyn Oliva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
8 The French of England: A Maritime lingua franca? Maryanne Kowaleski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
9 John Barton, John Gower and Others: Variation in Late Anglo-French Brian Merrilees and Heather Pagan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
10 John Gower’s French and his Readers R. F. Yeager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Section II Crossing the Conquest: New Linguistic and Literary Histories
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
11 ‘Stuffed Latin’: Vernacular Evidence in Latin Documents David Trotter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
12 From Old English to Old French Elizabeth M. Tyler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
13 Translating the ‘English’ Past: Cultural Identity in the Estoire des Engleis Henry Bainton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
14 The Languages of England: Multilingualism in the Work of Wace Françoise H. M. Le Saux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
15 An Illustrious Vernacular: The Psalter en romanz in Twelfth-Century England Geoff Rector Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
16 Serpent’s Head/ Jew’s Hand: Le Jeu d’Adam and Christian–Jewish Debate in Norman England Ruth Nisse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
17 Salerno on the Thames: The Genesis of Anglo–Norman Medical Literature Monica H. Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Section III After Lateran IV: Francophone Devotions and Histories
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18 ‘Cest livre liseez … chescun jour’: Women and Reading c.1230–c.1430 Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
19 French Devotional Texts in Thirteenth-Century Preachers’ Anthologies Helen Deeming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
20 Augustinian Canons and their Insular French Books in Medieval England: Towards An Assessment Jean-Pascal Pouzet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
21 Eschuer peché, embracer bountee: Social Thought and Pastoral Instruction in Nicole Bozon Laurie Postlewate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
22 The Cultural Context of the French Prose remaniement of the Life of Edward the Confessor by a Nun of Barking Abbey Delbert W. Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
23 The Vitality of Anglo-Norman in Late Medieval England: The Case of the Prose Brut Chronicle Julia Marvin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
24 France in England: Anglo-French Culture in the Reign of Edward III Michael Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
25 Lollardy: The Anglo-Norman Heresy? Nicholas Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
26 The Languages of Memory: The Crabhouse Nunnery Manuscript Rebecca June Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Section IV England and French in the late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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27 French, English, and the Late Medieval Linguistic Repertoire Tim William Machan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
28 Aristotle, Translation and the Mean: Shaping the Vernacular in Late Medieval Anglo-French Culture Carolyn Collette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
29 Writing English in a French Penumbra: The Middle English ‘Tree of Love’ in MS Longleat 253 Julia Boffey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
30 The French of English Letters: Two Trilingual Verse Epistles in Context Ad Putter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
31 The Reception of Froissart’s Writings in England: The Evidence of the Manuscripts Godfried Croenen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
32 ‘Me fault faire’: French Makers of Manuscripts for English Patrons Martha W. Driver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	420
33 The French Self-Presentation of an English Mastiff: John Talbot’s Book of Chivalry Andrew Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	444
34 A ‘Frenche booke called the Pistill of Othea’: Christine de Pizan’s French in England Stephanie Downes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Index of primary Texts and manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
Index of primary Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	527
General Index: Persons and Places, subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529

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October 15, 2009

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9781846157400

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York Medieval Press

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560

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846157400

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Anglo-Norman; Anglo-French; Language; Culture; Medieval England; French Speakers; Literary Texts; Multi-Cultural; French Influence; Medieval Britain; English and French; Administration; Professions; English Literary History; Linguistic History; Documentary History; Francophone Speakers; Interactions; Multicultural Medieval England

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Language and Culture in Medieval Britain

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