The Middle English 'Mirror' - Kathleen Blumreich Moore
An Edition Based on Bodleian Library, MS Holkham misc. 40
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2003Uitgever: Brepols Publishers606 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503514383ISBN-13: 9782503514383Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Robert de Gretham's Mirror is a collection of sixty sermons for Sundays and feast-days throughout the liturgical year. Originally composed in Anglo-Norman (c. 1250-1300), and later translated into Middle English, the texts was dedicated to 'Aline', a lady of high status whose literary tastes ran more towards romaunces & gestes than prayer books. In an attempt to remedy the situation, Gretham proposed that Aline read the Mirror instead. In it, Gretham argued, she would surely find material more profitable fo...
