Chaucer's Official Life (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

McCutcheon, George Barr

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451007426 ISBN 13 : 9781451007428

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Chaucer’s public life in a turbulent political century, and what it reveals about his writing

This book surveys the poet’s offices, roles, and political networks in fourteenth‑century England. It weighs how Chaucer navigated court and city life while the realm faced sharp factional battles. The analysis uses his documented service, pensions, and connections to place him in the wider workings of power. In examining Chaucer’s official career, the author asks what his choices and connections say about his politics and his poetry. It looks at the signs that scholars use to understand his stance, without assuming a single party line. The result is a careful portrait of a writer who moved among many circles and held trusted roles, yet kept his art free from overt political commitment.

• How Chaucer held offices, pensions, and duties inside royal service.
• His ties to both Lancastrian and royal‑court circles, and what those ties suggest about influence and access.
• The kinds of evidence scholars use to assess a poet’s political stance in medieval England.
• Context on the governance and legal life of 14th‑century England, including roles like the Justices of the Peace.

Ideal for readers of Chaucer, medieval political history, and English literary history who want a grounded view of how a major poet intersected with his world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

NOTE In making refcrcnce to books and manuscript.~, I have attempted to use abbreviations which sccm reasonably clcar. Perhaps the least intelligible are C. R. which stands for Close Rolls, and L .. K which stands for Life Records of Chaucer (Chaucer 800.) 'Wher~ ever possible, I have referred to prints rather than to original manllSCripts because the printed calendars are much more accessible. In a work which has involved the copying of innumerable references, many of which are to documcnts ill the Pllblic Rccord Office not available to me ;ElS I revise my copy, it is too much to expect that there sllOuld be no inaccuracies. Therefore, if thc fcndcr discovers erroneous references, I must ask his leniency. For their COllrtesy and assistance in making books and documents accessible to me, I wish most heartily to thank J. A. Herbert, Esq., of the :Uanuscript Department, the British Museum, and Edward Salisbury, Esq., and Hubert Hall, Esq., of the Public Record Office: '

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; INTROD1;OTIOK: Statement of the problem; TilE ESQUIRES OF THE KlKO'S HOUSEHOLD:; PAGE; 1; Their Families 6; Appointment 12; Classification 13; ServiceB , 18; Rewards 20; ~farriage 25; Careers of the EsquireH of 1368 , 27; 'l'HE JeSTICES OF THE PEACE, :31; Tm: CUS1'OMS 42; Sm JOIL'< DE BURLEY, 48; SIR EDWARD DE BERKELEY 49; Sill 'l'HOMAS DE PERCY 49; SIR VILLL}[ DE BEAUCHAMP, 50; RICHARD FORBSTER 52; HSNRY SCMA"'" , 54; OTO DE GRAUNSON 54; BUKTON 54; CHAG"CER'S dAllEER -IND HIS R;LATION TO JOUN OP GAUNT 56; Cn-IUCER'S RELnION TO RWHARD II 63; 80MB GENERAL POiNTS 64

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451007426
• ISBN 13: 9781451007428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 87
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