The Court of Richard II and Bohemian Culture: Literature and Art in the Age of Chaucer and the Gawain...

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Alfred Thomas (Royalty Account)

The Court of Richard II and Bohemian Culture

Literature and Art in the Age of Chaucer and the Gawain Poet

Alfred Thomas (Royalty Account)

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English

D.S. Brewer
24 June 2020

"First detailed exploration of the role played by Bohemian tradition and customs in the court of Richard II. Bohemian culture exercised an important influence on the court of King Richard II, but it has been somewhat overlooked, with previous scholarship on its writers and artists generally confined to the role played by the French courtof King Charles V and the Italian city states of Milan and Florence. This book aims to fill that gap. It argues that Richard's marriage to Anne of Bohemia, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, one of the greatest rulersand patrons of the age, exposed England to the full extent of this international court culture. Ricardian writers, including Chaucer, Gower and the Gawain-poet, wrote in their native language not because they felt ""English"" in the modern national sense but because they aspired to be part of a burgeoning vernacular European culture stretching from Paris to Prague and from Brabant to Brandenburg; thus, one of the major periods of English literature can only be properly understood in relation to this larger European context."

By: Alfred Thomas (Royalty Account)
Imprint: D.S. Brewer
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781843845669
ISBN 10: 1843845660
Pages: 243
Publication Date: 24 June 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ALFRED THOMAS is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Reviews for The Court of Richard II and Bohemian Culture: Literature and Art in the Age of Chaucer and the Gawain Poet

Continuing his two-decades-long exploration of medieval and early modern Anglo-Bohemian relations, Thomas, in his latest study, convincingly demonstrates the significant cultural and political ramifications of King Richard II;s marriage to Anne of Bohemia in 1382. -- Nathanial B. Smith * Renaissance Quarterly *