RITES OF PASSAGE Cultures of Transition in the Fourteenth Cenury

McDONALD Nicola F., ORMROD W. M.

ISBN 10: 1903153158 / ISBN 13: 9781903153154

Published by York Medieval Press, 2004. 1903153158, 2004

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1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 176 (no inscriptions).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RITES OF PASSAGE Cultures of Transition in the Fourteenth Cenury
• Publisher: York Medieval Press, 2004. 1903153158
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903153158
• ISBN 13: 9781903153154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval History

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Synopsis

A wide variety of texts (from chronicles to Chaucer) studied for evidence of medieval attitudes towards the processes of change as they affected individuals at all points of their lives. Rites of passage is a term and concept more used than considered. Here, for the first time, its implications are applied and tested in the field of medieval studies: medievalists from a range of disciplines consider the varioustheoretical models - folklorist, anthropological, psychoanalytical - that can be used to analyse cultures of transition in the history and literature of fourteenth-century Europe. Ranging over a wide variety of texts, from chronicles to romances, from priests' manuals to courtesy books, from state records to the writings of Chaucer, Gower and Froissart, the contributors identify and analyse medieval attitudes to the process of change in lifecycle, status,gender and power. A substantive introduction by Miri Rubin draws together the ideas and materials discussed in the book to illustrate the relevance and importance of anthropology to the study of medieval culture. Contributors: JOEL BURDEN, PATRICIA CULLUM, ISABEL DAVIS, JANE GILBERT, SARAH KAY, MARK ORMROD, HELEN PHILLIPS, MIRI RUBIN, SHARON WELLS. NICOLA F. McDONALD is Lecturer in Medieval Literature, the late W.M ORMROD was Professor of Medieval History, University of York.

About the Authors

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

JANE GILBERT is Professor of Medieval Literature and Critical Theory at University College London, UK.