دانلود کتاب Robert Grosseteste’s “Chasteu d’amur”: A text in context

This study of Le Chasteu d'amur, a thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman poem by Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235–1253, examines the intended and actual audience for the text, and provides a new critical edition. Through assessment of the manuscripts preserving the text, records of the text in medieval library catalogues, and a review of book ownership and vernacular literacy in Anglo-Norman culture, the study shows that readership included scholars, clergy, religious, and lay men and women.

The text itself is demonstrated to be more closely allied to biblical translation and commentary than to courtly literature. Discussion of newly discovered sources for the castle allegory in the Apocalypse and contemporary biblical commentary support this conclusion. Crossover between Grosseteste's Latin theological works and Le Chasteu is illustrated in the textual analysis and the fons fontium to the edition.