Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England
by Fiona Somerset
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature (37)
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The translation of learned Latin materials into English between around 1370 and 1410 was a highly controversial activity. It was thought likely to make available to lay audiences the authoritative and intellectual information and methods of argument previously only accessible to an educated elite - and with that knowledge the power of information. Fiona Somerset's 1998 study examines what kinds of academic material were imported into English, what sorts of audience were projected for this show more kind of clerical discourse and how writers positioned themselves with respect to potential audience and opponents. The well-known concerns with clerical corruption and lay education of authors such as Langland, Trevisa, and Wyclif are linked to those of more obscure writers in both Latin and English, some only recently edited, or only extant in manuscript. show lessTags
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Fiona Somerset is professor of English and medieval studies al the University of Connecticut. Nicholas is professor of English and medieval studies at Harvard University.
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- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Religion & Spirituality, History
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- 428.0271 — Language English & Old English languages Standard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics) standard subdivisions and translation Translating to and from other languages Translating from Italic languages into English Translating from Latin into English
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- PA8030 .C47 .S65 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Medieval and modern Latin literature
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