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Look Inside Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History, Composed during the Period from the Accession of Edward III to that of Richard III

Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History, Composed during the Period from the Accession of Edward III to that of Richard III

Volume 2

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  • Date Published: November 2012
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108042482

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  • Veering between unprecedented military successes and the violent downfalls of kings, the period between the accession of Edward III and the death of Edward IV was a rich subject for contemporary political writers. This two-volume collection of poems and tracts was first compiled by Thomas Wright as part of the Rolls Series, commissioned to edit and publish publicly owned manuscript texts. First published in 1861 and including forty-four pieces in English, French and Latin, Volume 2 covers the turbulent years between Henry IV and Edward IV. It features poems by Gower, an account of the battle of Agincourt, and Chaucer's apocryphal 'Jack Upland' with 'The Reply of Friar Daw'. Also included are translations of the French poems, and a thorough, contextualising introduction. A fascinating example of Victorian scholarship and its expectations of readers, this set represents an interesting resource for students of English literature and history.

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    • Date Published: November 2012
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108042482
    • length: 440 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25 mm
    • weight: 0.64kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1. Complimentary verses on King Henry IV by John Gower
    2. Address of John Gower to Henry IV
    3. Jack Upland
    4. The reply of Friar Daw Topias, with Jack Upland's rejoinder
    5. On the execution of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York
    6. On the death of Henry IV by Thomas of Elmham
    7. On the Battle of Azincourt
    8. Epigram on the Battle of Azincourt
    9. The Frenchman to the Englishman
    10. On the Lollards
    11. On the death of Henry V
    12. Epigram on the assumption of the arms of France
    13. On the English title to the Crown of France
    14. To King Henry VI on his coronation
    15. On the coronation of Henry VI
    16. On the Duke of Burgundy
    17. Philippe of Burgundy and James of Scotland
    18. On the Siege of Calais
    19. The libel of English policy
    20. Lament of the Duchess of Gloucester
    21. On the prospect of peace
    22. On the truce of 1444
    23. On the popular discontent at the disasters in France
    24. On the arrest of the Duke of Suffolk
    25. On Bishop Boothe
    26. A warning to King Henry
    27. Verses against the Duke of Suffolk
    28. On the death of the Duke of Suffolk
    29. On the corruptions of the times
    30. On the corruptions of the times
    31. Against the Lollards
    32. To the King
    33. A political prophecy
    34. Against the friars
    35. On the corruption of public manners
    36. Epigrams on the public extravagance
    37. On the times
    38. On the times
    39. On the procession to St. Paul's of the reconciled parties
    40. Epitaph for Richard Duke of York
    41. On the civil wars
    42. A political retrospect
    43. On the recovery of the throne by Edward IV
    44. On England's commercial policy
    Glossary and index of medieval Latin words
    Glossary and index of obsolete English words
    Index.

  • Editor

    Thomas Wright

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