Literatures of the Hundred Years War
Davies, Daniel / Perry, R. D. This volume demonstrates how the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) provides a necessary context for late-medieval literature. Many of the major writers of the period, in a variety of different languages, lived either all or most of their lives under war's shadow, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Christine de Pizan, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Bridget of Sweden. The essays collected here investigate how authors use strategies including translation, adaptati...