{"product_id":"the-idea-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-middle-english-romance-9781843840411","title":"The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England in Middle English Romance","description":"Investigation into the importance of the Anglo-Saxon past in medieval literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the point of origin, both real and imagined, of English law and group identity, the Anglo-Saxon past was important in the construction of a post-Conquest English society that was both aware of, and placed great stock in, its Anglo-Saxon heritage; yet its depiction in post-Conquest literature has been very little studied. This book examines a wide range of sources (legal and historiographical as well as literary) in order to reveal a \"social construction\" of Anglo-Saxon England that held a significant place in the literary and cultural imagination of the post-Conquest English. Using a variety of texts, but the Matter of England romances in particular, the author argues that theyshow a continued interest in the Anglo-Saxon past, from the localised East Sussex legend of King Alfred that underlies the twelfth-century Proverbs of Alfred, to the institutional interest in the Guy of Warwick narrative exhibited by the community of St. Swithun's Priory in Winchester during the fifteenth century; they are part of a continued cultural remembrance that encompasses chronicles, folk memories, and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Dr ROBERT ALLLEN ROUSE teaches in the Department of English, University of British Columbia.","brand":"Robert Rouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280550375675,"sku":"9781843840411","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843840411_1c724a44-7994-4c62-8f9b-069a4d3a63d9.jpg?v=1772487498","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-idea-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-middle-english-romance-9781843840411","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}