Lordship and literature
Subtitle: John Gower and the politics of the great household
By: Elliot Kendall.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780199542642
Subjects: Gower, John, -- 1325?-1408; Aristocracy (Social class) in literature; Social networks in literature; Social exchange in literature; Social structure in literature; Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- To 1500; Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- To 1500; Social structure -- England -- History -- To 1500; Households -- Economic aspects -- England -- History -- To 1500; Households -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The great household and an economics of power; title: The political economy in the late fourteenth century; title: Service allegory: the great household in Geniuss confession; title: Courtly love and the lordship of Venus; title: Women as household exchange in Geniuss tales; title: Justice and the affinity; title: Retribution as household exchange in Geniuss tales; title: Total reciprocity and the problem of kingship.