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middle english, 1100-1500

The pearl poet revisited

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of the Pearl Poet.

Geoffrey Chaucer

critical insights

Robin Hood

2011
The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. In this definitive work, Professor Sir James Holt, one of Britain's premier historians and author of the standard work on the Magna Carta, unravels pure invention from real possibility and offers the results of some thirty years of research.

Memoirs of a medieval woman

the life and times of Margery Kempe
1983

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

1982
Contains three stories from the age of chivalry, knights and holy quests.

Medieval writers and their work

Middle English literature and its background 1100-1500
1982
Discusses the English writers during the four centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance in their historical context.

Knight prisoner

the tale of Sir Thomas Malory and his King Arthur
1976
A biography of the 15th century knight who collected stories about King Arthur and his knights and rewrote them into a work that was to influence poets and writers throughout the ages.

A history of English literature

The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)
1971

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