English Medieval Literature and Its Social Foundations

14th century adapted adventures Aelfric allegory Anglo-Saxon appear Beowulf Boethius called Canterbury Canterbury Tales Caxton Celtic characters Chaucer Christian chronicle church classical composed contemporary court courtly love Criseyde culture Cynewulf death dialogue didactic early edition EETS England English Studies epic exempla feudal France French friars Gawain Germanic Henry hero imitated instance instruction interest Jean de Meun John King knight lady land language later Latin Legend literary literature living London lover Lydgate manuscript medieval Middle Ages Middle English moral narrative Old English original Oxford Paris peasants period Philology philosophy Piers Plowman plot PMLA poem poet political popular Prologue prose religious represented Robert Grosseteste romances royal saints satire Saxon secular social society sources Speculum stanzaic story Studies style Tale tells theme tion tradition translation Troilus Troilus and Criseyde University Press vernacular verse wife writers written