Barbarian memory : the legacy of early Medieval history in early modern literature /

An investigation of the use of Late Antique European history by late medieval and Renaissance writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Davenant, Trissino, and Corneille. The liminality of the late antique period and the issues of ethnicity and religion it raises makes it very different from that of the...

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Main Author: Birns, Nicholas
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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Summary:An investigation of the use of Late Antique European history by late medieval and Renaissance writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Davenant, Trissino, and Corneille. The liminality of the late antique period and the issues of ethnicity and religion it raises makes it very different from that of the classical world in analogous writers.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (131 pages)
ISBN:9781137364562 (electronic bk.)
1137364564 (electronic bk.)