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Author:   Fabrizio De Falco
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9783031433511

ISBN 10:   3031433513
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   21 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction. But What is the Point of Courtly Writing?.- Part 1 The Hydra: The Court’s Body and Its Wandering Heads.- Chapter 2 Re-thinking Literature at the English Royal Court, Its Protagonists and Contexts.- Chapter 3 Starting at the Bottom: The Authors.- Part 2 The Messages Between the Lines. A Political Reading of Courtly Texts.- Chapter 4 An Accurate Curriculum: Walter Map’s De Nugis Curialium.- Chapter 5 A Family Business: Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hibernica.- Part 3 The Real World is Here. The Role of Courtly Literature between Factions and Crisis.- Chapter 6 Surviving in the Upside-Down. Henry II’s Courtiers under Richard I’s Reign (1189-1199).- Chapter 7 Moving Text into Action. Local Careerism and International Crisis.- Conclusion: Contingently Situated Literature and Courts Dynamics.

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Fabrizio De Falco is Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is a medievalist with a strong interest in cultural studies and their interconnection with politics. His work focuses on the use of literary themes and texts to promote personal ambitions and political aims, more specifically the literary production at the Plantagenet court.

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