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02812aam a2200457 i 4500 001 EDB3768C6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150406t20152015nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015008115 020 $a 1137544198 020 $a 9781137544193 035 $a (OCoLC)907060285 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d CDX $d YDXCP $d STF $d NYP $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-cs--- $a e-cs--- 050 00 $a PR1912 A2 T56 2015 100 1 $a Thomas, Alfred, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Reading women in late medieval Europe : $b Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience / $c Alfred Thomas. 246 30 $a Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer's female audience 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a xvi, 251 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a The New Middle Ages 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Devotional Texts for Royal Princesses in Late Medieval Bohemia -- Writing Jews, Writing Women: "The Prioress's Tale" and the Sacred Drama of Medieval Europe -- The Lady as Saint: "The Second Nun's Tale," Pearl, and the Czech Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria -- Dangerous Amazons: Sexual and Textual Rivalry in "The Knight's Tale" and The Dalimil Chronicle -- Powerful Wives and Captive Knights: "The Wife of Bath's Tale," Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Czech Chivalric Romances -- Women Defended, Women Defamed: The Legend of Good Women, The Plowman from Bohemia, and The Little Weaver -- Conclusion. 520 $a "Critics have traditionally emphasized Geoffrey Chaucer's status as the "Father of English Literature" but in his own time he was more interested in becoming a great European writer. This book shows how Chaucer looked for inspiration not only to the great European male writers of his time (Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante) but also to a European woman--Queen Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II-- as his ideal patron and inspiration" -- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $x Sources. 600 00 $a Anne, $c Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England, $d 1366-1394 $x Influence. 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $x Czech literature. $x Czech literature. 650 0 $a Czech literature $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Women in literature. 650 0 $a Antisemitism in literature. 650 0 $a Women and literature $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Women $x History $y Middle Ages, 500-1500. 830 0 $a New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180112015551.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826042045.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDB3768C6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search