{"product_id":"caxtons-recuyell-of-the-historyes-sarah-alyn-stacey-9781803742625","title":"Caxton's Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye: A Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e This edition is the fruit of Professor Matsumoto's lifelong devotion to the study of the story of Troy in the Middle Ages, beginning with his edition of the major alliterative poem \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e by John Clerk. As well as articles on the subject, Professor Matsumoto has published invaluable concordances to \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Laud Troy Book\u003c\/i\u003e and John Lydgate's massive \u003ci\u003eTroy Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Given the renewed interest in William Caxton, this excellent edition of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRecuyell of the Historyes of Troye\u003c\/i\u003e makes a valuable contribution to scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Thorlac Turville-Petre, Professor Emeritus, University of Nottingham)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is about the genealogy of the ancient Greek gods and the legend of Troy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Caxton, for almost thirty years, led his life as a merchant, a diplomat and a cosmopolitan in Bruges, at that time the most prosperous international center of trade in northern Europe. This book is his translation of Raoul Lef?vre's French original, as well as being the first printed book in English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe undercurrent throughout the book is an everlasting and universal theme of mankind:  love and war\/peace , the human nature of love and the folly of war. Thus, the ancient pagan gods are humanized and modernized in the late Middle Ages. Both Lef?vre and Caxton shared the antiwar sentiments in this book, which consists of the genealogy of the ancient Greek gods in Books I and II and the Troy legend in Book III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition, with an extensive introduction by the editor, makes this text accessible to new audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Alyn Stacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803742623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803742625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.45d","brand":"Sarah Alyn Stacey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685783982335,"sku":"9781803742625","price":112.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ded2fae-a08c-4d00-b5c8-f40c31f08551.jpg?v=1741726762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caxtons-recuyell-of-the-historyes-sarah-alyn-stacey-9781803742625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}