{"product_id":"translations-of-authority-in-medieval-alastair-minnis-9781107403949","title":"Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature: Valuing the Vernacular","description":"In Translations of Authority in Medieval English Literature, leading critic Alastair Minnis presents the fruits of a long-term engagement with the ways in which crucial ideological issues were deployed in vernacular texts. The concept of the vernacular is seen as possessing a value far beyond the category of language - as encompassing popular beliefs and practices which could either confirm or contest those authorized by church and state institutions. Minnis addresses the crisis for vernacular translation precipitated by the Lollard heresy; the minimal engagement with Nominalism in late fourteenth-century poetry; Langland's views on indulgences; the heretical theology of Walter Brut; Margery Kempe's self-promoting biblical exegesis; and Chaucer's tales of suspicious saints and risible relics. These discussions disclose different aspects of 'vernacularity', enabling a fuller understanding of its complexity and potency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair Minnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107403944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107403949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Alastair Minnis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244068290815,"sku":"9781107403949","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0139edd2-97e8-4fb2-9ccf-8897d223c18d.jpg?v=1758134862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/translations-of-authority-in-medieval-alastair-minnis-9781107403949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}