A history of Anglo-Latin literature, 1066-1422 / A.G. Rigg
1996, 2nd edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426110
ISBN: 0521415942
Physical description; xviii, 414 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Quotations of Latin. Contents; English studies -- Classicists and the classical fallacy -- The fallacy of literary progress -- National versus international -- Is Anglo-Latin a valid concept? -- What is literature? -- Presentation -- 1. William I to Stephen (1066-1154). The cultural scene in 1066. Immigrant attitudes. Contrasts: lives of Edward the Confessor. Forms: verse, the prosimetrum. Political poetry and epitaphs. Carmen de Hastingae proelio. Godfrey of Winchester. Canterbury: Anselm, Goscelin, Osbern. Folchard; Dominic of Evesham. Verse lives of saints. St Albans lives of Catherine and Elphege. Gregory of Ely: St Etheldrida. St Hilda of Whitby. St Cuthbert. Reginald of Canterbury. Eadmer. Gilbert Crispin. Peter Alfonsi; Adelard of Bath. The beginning of the Anarchy. Osbert of Clare. Historiography. William of Malmesbury. Miracles of the Virgin. Henry of Huntingdon. The ap Suliens. Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia Regum Britanniae. Prophetiae Merlini. Vita Merlini. The heritage of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Prophecies: John of Cornwall; the Eagle. Derivatives of the Historia Regum Britanniae. Prose romance. Northern writers. Hugh Sotovagina. Vita Thurstani; Hugh of Pontefract; Galfridus Trocope. Serlo of Fountains. Visions of heaven and hell: Orm. Lawrence of Durham. Aelred of Rievaulx. Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester. 1066-1154: summary. Marbod, Baudri, and Hildebert. Wright's 'Anglo-Latin satirical poets' -- 2. Henry II to John (1154-1216). I. Chronological Survey. England and Europe. Universities and education. The court. Monks versus Seculars. Cistercian literature. Serlo of Wilton. Adam of Balsham. Politics of the reign of Henry II. John of Salisbury. Robert Partes. Literature on the death of Becket. Continental reaction. Apologists. Herbert Bosham. Robert Partes. 'A et O carissimi'. William of Combe. Maurinus of Ford. 'Vox vatis velata diu'. Hymns. Roger of Ford. Peter of Blois. Letters. Poetry. Walter Map. Anonymous short stories. Gerald of Wales. Gerald's circle: Simon du Freine. Northern writers. William of Glasgow and other poems. Reginald of Coldingham. Jocelin of Furness. 'Brutus'. Joseph of Exeter. Nigel Whiteacre. Politics of the reign of Richard I. Third Crusade. Career of William de Longchamps. Richard's capture. Richard's death. Geoffrey of Vinsauf. Gervase of Melkley. Hunterian anthology. Richard Pluto. Comediae. Walter the Englishman: animal fables. Politics of the reign of John. William de Montibus. Samuel Presbiter. Alexander Neckam. 'Scribo sed ut merear'. Stephen Langton. Ralph of Dunstable. Third Vatican Mythographer: Alberic of London? Courtesy Books: Daniel Beccles. Visions of the other world. Henry of Saltrey. Peter of Cornwall. Visions: Monk of Eynsham; Thurkill. Gervase of Tilbury. 'Pictor in carmine'. Alexander of Ashby. Adam of Barking. Hugh of Montacute. Matthew of Rievaulx. II. Anonymous Literature and Anthologies. Anonymous literature. Religious and moral. Satire. Comic verse and prose. Love lyrics. The Golias tradition. Anthologies. Models and compilation. Popular anthology items. Types of anthology. Select list of anthologies c.1200. Conclusions. Popular continental writers 1154-1216 -- 3. Henry III to Edward I (1216-1307). I. Chronological Survey. The friars. Rise of the universities. Alan of Meaux. 'Distinctiones monasticae'. Odo of Cheriton. John of Garland. Grammar and lexicography. Rhetoric. Other pedagogy: Morale Scolarium, Integumenta Ovidii. Marian poems. De mysteriis ecclesiae; De triumphis ecclesiae. Elias of Thriplow. William of Ramsey. Gregory: Life of St Catherine. Henry of Avranches. Saints' lives. Other religious poems. Grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, law. Debates, verse competitions, public poetry. Occasional and personal poems. Summary. Michael of Cornwall. Matthew Paris. The wars of the barons. 'Pange plorans Anglia'. Song of Lewes. Hymns and offices. 'Ubi fuit mons'. The Anonymous of Ramsey. Thomas Wykes. John of Wales. Metrical Historia Regum Angliae. Religious literature: themes and forms. Traditional genres. New developments. John of Howden. Walter of Wimborne. John Pecham. Monastic versifiers. Scottish wars of Edward I. Grammar in verse. II. Anonymous Satire and Anthologies. Anonymous satire. Anthologies. Popular items. Select list of anthologies. Conclusions -- 4. Edward II to Henry V (1307-1422). I. Chronological Survey. Historical background; the status of Latin. Political literature in the reign of Edward II. Piers Gaveston. Robert Baston; Bannockburn. Richard Ledrede. William of Wheatley. Richard Rolle. Learning and the love of books. John Ridevall. Moral tales and exempla. John of Sheppey. John of Tynemouth. Northern literature; Farne Island. Hundred Years War. Battle of Crecy. Battle of Neville's Cross. Siege of Calais. John of Bridlington. John Ergom. Poems relating to Oxford. Mendicant controversy. 'Sedens super flumina'. 'Quis dabit meo capiti'. 'De astantibus crucifixo'. Richard Tryvytlam. De supersticione Phariseorum. 'Achab diu studuit'. 'Belial apostatarum prepositus'. Walter of Peterborough: the war in Spain. 'Gloria cunctorum'. Anticlericalism and Lollards. 'Vox in Rama'. 'Heu quanta desolatio'. 'Praesta Jhesu'. 'Prohdolor accrevit' (Peasants Revolt). Thomas Varoye (Battle of Otterburn). Richard Maidstone. John Gower. More Northern writings. Chronicon Metricum Ecclesiae Eboracensis. Execution of Archbishop Scrope. Richard Esk. Further legacy of Geoffrey of Monmouth. John Bever. Albina's sisters. Metrical Historia Regum Angliae continuation. Ghost stories. Thomas Walsingham. Monk of Westminster: praise of Henry V. Thomas Elmham. John Seward. II. Anthologies and Anonymous Verse. Popular anthology entries. Miscellaneous items of interest. Select fourteenth-century anthologies. Conclusions -- The new and the old -- Fifteenth-century anthologies -- Appendix: Metre. Subjects; 1066-1485. Medieval. Latin literature, Medieval and modern England History and criticism. Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) England History and criticism. Literature, Medieval latin.
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