{"product_id":"fifteenth-century-studies-36-9781571134752","title":"Fifteenth-Century Studies 36","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnnual collection on diverse aspects of the fifteenth century, with an emphasis on manuscripts and manuscript culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifteenth century defies consensus on fundamental issues; most scholars agree, however, that the period outgrew the Middle Ages, that it was a time of transition and a passage to modern times. \u003ci\u003eFifteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003eoffers essays on diverse aspects of the period, including liberal and fine arts, historiography, medicine, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e Essays within this thirty-sixth volume treat a wide range of topics: the importance of manuscript culture as reflected in \u003ci\u003eCárcel de amor;\u003c\/i\u003e the wanderings of René d'Anjou and Olivier de la Marche as reflected in literary texts; the art of compiling in Jean de Bueil's \u003ci\u003eJouvencel;\u003c\/i\u003e a diplomatic transcription of Princeton MS153 (reception and compilation practices of the \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e); historical approaches in the chronicles of Jean le Bel and Jean Froissart; the Fairfax Sequence in Bodleian MS Fairfax 16; anticlerical critique in the Croxton \u003ci\u003ePlayof the Sacrament;\u003c\/i\u003e the Chester cycle of mystery plays; the conquering Turk in Carnival Nürnberg: Hans Rosenplüt's \u003ci\u003eDes Turken Vasnachtspil;\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolkien's eucatastrophe and Malory's \u003ci\u003eMorte Darthur.\u003c\/i\u003e Book reviews conclude the volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Contributors: Ethan Campbell, Emily C. Francomano, D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., Theodore K. Lerud, John Moreau, Gerald Nachtwey, Mariana Neilly, Marco Nievergelt, Michelle Szkilnik, Martin W. Walsh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara I. Gusick is Professor Emerita of English at Troy University, Dothan, Alabama; Matthew Z. Heintzelman is curator of the Austria\/Germany Study Center and Rare Book Cataloger at Hill Museum \u0026amp; Manuscript Library, Saint John'sUniversity, Collegeville, Minnesota.","brand":"Barbara I Gusick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280570626299,"sku":"9781571134752","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781571134752.jpg?v=1772484896","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/fifteenth-century-studies-36-9781571134752","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}