England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer

Peter Brown is Professor Emeritus in the School of English at the University of Kent. Jan Čermák is professor of English in the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, Prague. JULIA BOFFEY is Professor of Medieval Studies in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London. A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction, Peter Brown and Jan ČermákLines of Communication1: Richard II, Queen Anne, Bohemia: Marriage, Culture and Politics Michael Bennett2: Recommended Reading: Richard Rolle in BohemiaMichael Van Dussen3: The Golden Book of the Knight Wenceslas: Travelling, Piety and Diplomacy in Late-Medieval Europe Marek SuchýCultural Analogues4: Making Sense of the Past: Czech and English Vernacular: Histories in the Fourteenth CenturyHelena Znojemská5: Beyond Nations: Translating Troy in the Middle AgesVenetia Bridges6: Mock Passions in England and BohemiaLucie Doležalová7: The Evil Tale of Evil Briselda: Griselda's Wicked CounterpartKlára Petříková8: The Image of the Tapster in England and BohemiaJan Dienstbier9: Bohemian and English Painting in the Last Decades of the Fourteenth Century: Tracing the Bohemian InfluenceLenka PanuškováRethinking Queen Anne10: Contextualizing the Legend of Good Women: Some Possible Bohemian PerspectivesJulia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards11: Humility and Empire: Anne of Bohemia, Chaucer and the Virgin MaryDavid WallaceGeneral Bibliography Index

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