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UNINA9910812223503321 |
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Autore |
Crassons Kate |
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Titolo |
The claims of poverty : literature, culture, and ideology in late medieval England / / Kate Crassons |
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Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
Poverty in literature |
Social problems in literature |
Ideology in literature |
Civilization, Medieval, in literature |
Literature and society - England - History - To 1500 |
Poverty - England - History - To 1500 |
Poverty - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
England Social conditions 1066-1485 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Forms of need: the allegorical representation of poverty in Piers Plowman -- Poverty exposed: the evangelical and epistemological ideal of Pierce the Ploughman's crede -- "Clamerous" beggars and "nedi" knights: poverty and Wycliffite reform -- The costs of sanctity: Margery Kempe and the Franciscan imaginary -- Communal identities: performing poverty, charity, and labor in York's Corpus Christi theater -- Nickel and dimed: poverty polemic medieval and modern. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Crasson examines the status of poverty in late medieval England as both a sacred imitation of Christ and a social stigma. |
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