Malory's Contemporary Audience: The Social Reading of Romance in Late Medieval England (Arthurian Studies) by Thomas H. Crofts
Malory's Contemporary Audience: The Social Reading of Romance in Late Medieval England (Arthurian Studies) by Thomas H. Crofts
English | July 17, 2006 | ISBN: 1843840855 | 192 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | July 17, 2006 | ISBN: 1843840855 | 192 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book seeks to place Malory's Morte Darthur more firmly in its cultural and historical context. Its composition, in the mid to late fifteenth century, took place at a time of great upheaval for England, a period beginning with the loss of Bordeaux (and the Hundred Years War) and ending with the rise of Richard III. During this time the Morte was translated from numerous French sources, copied by scribes, and, finally, in July 1485, printed by William Caxton.