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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524873003321

Autore

Taylor Jamie K. <1975->

Titolo

Fictions of Evidence : Witnessing, Literature, and Community in the Late Middle Ages / / Jamie K. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8142-7018-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 221 page)

Collana

Interventions: new studies in medieval culture

Disciplina

820.9/001

Soggetti

Witness bearing (Christianity)

Witnesses

Witnesses in literature

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The face of a saint and the seal of a king -- Silence, testimony, and the case of Susanna -- Neighbors, witnesses, and outlaws in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries -- Piers Plowman, book, and the testimonial body -- Witnessing, presence, and Lollard communities.