Authors of the Middle Ages. Volume I, Numbers 1–4: English Writers of the Late Middle Ages

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Authors of the Middle Ages is a new series designed for research and reference. Each part, by an expert on the subject, gives an account of the facts known about a particular Author’s life and immediate historical context, together with a review of subsequent scholarship. This is supported by citation of all known contemporary references; a dated and classified list of manuscripts and editions; a bibliography of secondary sources; and appendices listing or printing the key literary and documentary sources. The aim is to combine, in one compact work, a bibliography of a medieval author with all the information needed for further research. Each will be available individually, or in a collection with three other contemporary Authors. Authors of the Middle Ages is divided into two sub-series, English Writers of the Late Middle Ages and historical and Religious Writers of the Latin West. Cover About the pagination of this eBook Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents 1. Sir John Mandeville SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE PART I. The Facts The nature of the inquiry The French versions The date of composition Provenance The nationality of the author The account of Egypt and the Holy Land The geography The orthodoxy of the book Conclusions PART II. The Fictions The nature of the interpolations The Liège interpolations The apocryphal works The epitaph Later accretions The chronology of the myth BIBLIOGRAPHY Manuscripts of the Continental Tradition Manuscripts of the Insular Tradition Manuscripts of the Liège Tradition Editions Secondary Sources 2. John Trevisa JOHN TREVISA Trevisa's Origins Years at Oxford Trevisa's Colleges and Associates University Education Queen's College Long Rolls Expulsions from Queen's College Biblical Translation Trevisa's Installation as Vicar of Berkeley Years in Gloucestershire The Parish of Berkeley Disputes at Stone and Westbury Final Years Trevisa's Works APPENDICES 1. Exeter College Long Rolls 2. Queen's College Long Rolls 3. Expulsion from Queen's College 4. St Augustine's Abbey 5. The Dispute at Westbury BIBLIOGRAPHY Works by John Trevisa Manuscripts Editions Dissertations Documentary Sources, Calendars and Registers Secondary Sources 3. William Langland WILLIAM LANGLAND The Poet and his Life Dates of Langland's Birth and Death Dating the A Version Dating the B Version Dating the C Version Langland's Represented Life APPENDICES 1. The Dublin Annals 2. Documents Relating to Stacy (Eustace) de Rokayle 3. John Bale Ascriptions 4. The Cleobury Mortimer Deeds 5. Materials Concerning 'John But' 6. The 1388 Statute of Labourers 7. John Ball's Appropriations of Piers Plowman 8. John Ball's Letter to the Commons of Essex 9. The Letter of Jack Carter 10. The Readership of Piers Plowman BIBLIOGRAPHY The Sources of the Text Manuscripts of the A Version Manuscripts of the B Version Manuscripts of the C Version The Printed Editions Secondary Sources 4. Thomas Hoccleve THOMAS HOCCLEVE The Years to 1387 Work and Life at the Privy Seal The Years 1387 to 1399 The Years 1399 to 1409 The Years 1409 to 1422 The Last Years, 1422 to 1426 Table of Dates APPENDIX: DOCUMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY Manuscripts Early Printed Texts and Modernizations Modern Editions Secondary Sources