{"product_id":"9781843840411-the-idea-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-middle-english-romance","title":"The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInvestigation into the importance of the Anglo-Saxon past in medieval literature.\u003cbr\u003eInvestigation into the importance of the Anglo-Saxon past in medieval literature.As the point of origin, both real and imagined, of English law and group identity, the Anglo-Saxon past was important in the construction of a post-Conquest English society that was both aware of, and placed great stock in, its Anglo-Saxon heritage; yet its depiction in post-Conquest literature has been very little studied. This book examines a wide range of sources (legal and historiographical as well as literary) in order to reveal a \"social construction\" of Anglo-Saxon England that held a significant place in the literary and cultural imagination of the post-Conquest English. Using a variety of texts, but the Matter of England romances in particular, the author argues that theyshow a continued interest in the Anglo-Saxon past, from the localised East Sussex legend of King Alfred that underlies the twelfth-century Proverbs of Alfred, to the institutional interest in the Guy of Warwick narrative exhibited by the community of St. Swithun's Priory in Winchester during the fifteenth century; they are part of a continued cultural remembrance that encompasses chronicles, folk memories, and literature.   Dr ROBERT ALLLEN ROUSE teaches in the Department of English, University of British Columbia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55211375821174,"sku":"9781843840411","price":106.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29595854.jpg?v=1738245355","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781843840411-the-idea-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-middle-english-romance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}