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Wagner, Erin K.

 
9781501519239: The Language of Heresy in Late Medieval English Literature
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ISBN 10 : 1501519239 ISBN 13 : 9781501519239
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2024

Synopsis

Vernacular writers of late medieval England were engaged in global conversations about orthodoxy and heresy. Entering these conversations with a developing vernacular required lexical innovation. The Language of Heresy in Late Medieval English Literature examines the way in which these writers complemented seemingly straightforward terms, like heretic, with a range of synonyms that complicated the definitions of both those words and orthodoxy itself. This text proposes four specific terms that become collated with heretic in the parlance of medieval English writers of the 14th and 15th centuries: jangler, Jew, Saracen, and witch. These four labels are especially important insofar as they represent the way in which medieval Christianity appropriated and subverted marginalized or vulnerable identities to promote a false image of unassailable authority.

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À propos de l'auteur

Erin K. Wagner is an associate professor of English and Humanities at SUNY Delhi.

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Éditeur
De Gruyter
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1501519239
ISBN 13 
9781501519239
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
281
Coordonnées du fabricant
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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