Telling Tales: Sources and Narration in Late Medieval England |
Contents
Proofs of Age A Rich Fabric of Thin Threads | 1 |
THE MECHANICS OF RECOLLECTION | 9 |
JURORS LIFE CYCLES AND LIFECYCLE MEMORIES | 15 |
ECCLESIASTICAL MEMORIES | 25 |
MEMORIES OF THE SECULAR WORLD | 38 |
COMMUNITIES LARGE AND SMALL | 52 |
THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY IN THE PROOFS | 57 |
Sir Richard Scrope and the Scrope and Grosvenor Depositions | 63 |
BATTLES AND BANNERS | 79 |
Margaret Paston The Lady and the Letters | 95 |
HOW TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS | 114 |
FIRST STUCK AT HOME AND THEN MOSTLY ALONE | 133 |
SOME FINAL REFLECTIONS | 149 |
NOTES | 155 |
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Other editions - View all
Telling Tales: Sources and Narration in Late Medieval England Joel T. Rosenthal No preview available - 2012 |
Telling Tales: Sources and Narration in Late Medieval England Joel Thomas Rosenthal No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
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Page 202 - ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.