Chaucer and Becket's Mother
"The Man of Law's Tale," Conversion, and Race in the Middle Ages
Published on 13. April 2023
116 pages
978-1-80270-104-3 (ISBN)
Description
Less than a hundred years after Thomas Becket's martyrdom at the hands of four of Henry II's knights, his Anglo-Norman mother was transformed into a pagan princess who abandoned faith and kin for Becket's father and Christianity. Pagès uses this wholly fictional legend about the saint to examine the place and function of conversion and mission in The Man of Law's Tale, juxtaposing the tale with the legend about Becket's mother to assess the power (or lack thereof) of baptism in late medieval English works. This new comparative study thus provides productive insights into the complexity of the emergence of the concept of race in medieval English culture and literature.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
York
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
4 Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-80270-104-3 (9781802701043)
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"The Man of Law's Tale," Conversion, and Race in the Middle Ages
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Contributor: Meriem Pagès Meriem Pagès is Professor of English at Keene State College. Her primary research interest lies in the representation(s) of Islam in medieval Europe.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: Desire, Anxiety, and Conversion Chapter One: Anxieties of Conversion in High and Late Medieval Literature Chapter Two: Thomas Becket's Mother Chapter Three: The Becket Legend, The Man of Law's Tale, and Conversion Chapter Four: The Man of Law's Tale in Context Conclusion Bibliography Index
