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Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England (Hardcover)
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Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England (Hardcover)
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The nature of political prophecy in the middle ages analysed,
confirming its importance in the discussion of public affairs. In
this first general survey of political prophecy in medieval England
for almost a hundred years, Lesley Coote examines the nature of
political prophecy, its audience and its reception. She compares
the discourse of prophecy withother, related discourses, and
demonstrates how it functioned as a political language. A study of
extant manuscripts produces an account of the importance of
political prophecy in later medieval England, from its emergence in
thetwelfth century to the end of the middle ages. What emerges from
this study is a political language which was neither peripheral to
English political consciousness, nor merely a game for
intellectuals, but a major language for the discussion of public
affairs. In this language were presented ideas of 'Englishness' and
the aspirations of a 'national' community, which included the
imminent revelation of a great crusading hero-ruler, a second
Arthur, who would lead his people into the Last Days. The book is
completed with a handlist of manuscripts containing political
prophecies. Dr LESLEY A. COOTE is a Research Fellow in the
Department of English at the University of Hull.Valuable research
tool: Handlist of manuscripts containing political prophecies.
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