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The Medievalism of Emotions in King Lear

Multicultural Shakespeare, 2021
King Lear exemplifies two cultures of feeling, the medieval and the early modern one. Even though the humoral theory lay at the heart of the medieval and the early modern understanding of emotions, there was a sudden change in the understanding of ...
Anna Czarnowus
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At the Edge of the World. Geographical Location, Englishness and Monstrosity

Lea, 2023
Monstrosity is a constant presence in Old English literature. In particular, Wonders of the East depicts everything that was perceived as strange, significantly located in the East, displaying a Mediterranean-centric perspective where Europe works as the
Jasmine Bria
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Elitism and Status: Reassessing Settlement Hierarchy in Early Medieval England

Studia Historica. Historia Medieval, 2020
The complexities of identifying and understanding settlement hierarchy in early medieval England (c. 5th–11th centuries) is the focus of much debate. Within this field of enquiry, settlement arrangements, architecture, landholding patterns and material ...
Hana Lewis
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Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616.

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Review of Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616. 
Tom Revell
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Early Medieval Language and Literature as Heritage: a Sutton Hoo Case Study

Open Library of Humanities, 2023
This article is both a reflection on the cultural, social, and political stakes of how early medieval literature and language functions as heritage in England, and on my practices as a museum educator.
Fran Allfrey
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Persia and the Politics of Muslim Identity from Medieval to Early Modern Romance

Journal of Contemporary Poetics, 2021
This article delineates a continuity between the medieval representation of anti- Christian Persia in Crusade narratives and romances and the anti-Christian identity of Persia in early modern English romances from the 1580s.
Hafiz Abid Masood
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Salvador-Bello, Mercedes. 2024. The History of the Physiologus in Early Medieval England. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. 453. ISBN 9782503598406.

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Review of Salvador-Bello, Mercedes. 2024. The History of the Physiologus in Early Medieval England. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. 453. ISBN 9782503598406.
Megan Cavell
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(Un)staþolfæstnes and its Problems: Grounding Minds in Early Medieval England

Open Library of Humanities, 2023
The Old English text Solomon and Saturn includes a list of materials from which Adam, the first man, is made. A pound of cloud constitutes his modes unstaðelfæstnes [mind’s unsteadfastness / instability].
Merel Veldhuizen
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Medical Diagnosis and the Colour Yellow in Early Modern England

E-REA, 2015
This article will survey the colour yellow in early modern England using resources chiefly from medicine but also literature, sumptuary law, and quotidian culture.
Helen HICKEY
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Wilcox, Jonathan. 2023. Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England. Pp. vii + 343. ISBN 9781487545307.

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Book Review of Wilcox, Jonathan. 2023. Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England. Pp.  vii + 343. ISBN 9781487545307.
Samantha Zacher
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