![]() | Fictions of Advice: The Literature and Politics of Counsel in Late Medieval England Subjects: Didactic literature English (Middle) -- History and criticism; Authors English -- Middle English 1100–1500 -- Political and social views; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066–1485 -- Historiography; Chaucer Geoffrey d. 1400 -- Political a; Fictions of Advice historicizes the late medieval mirrors (or handbooks) for princes to reveal how the ambiguities and contradictions characteristic of the genre are responses to--as well as attempts to manage--the risks implicit in advising a king. Ferster Judith : Judith Ferster is Professor Emerita of English at North Carolina State University. |
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