Fifteenth-Century Studies Vol. 26

Fifteenth-Century Studies

by Edelgard E. Dubruck (Editor), Barbara Gusick (Editor)

Founded in 1977 as the publication organ for the Fifteenth-Century Symposium, Fifteenth-Century Studies has appeared annually since then. It publishes essays on all aspects of life in the fifteenth century, including literature, drama, history, philosophy, art, music, religion, science, and ritual and custom. The editors strive to do justice to the most contested medieval century, a period that is the stepchild of research. The period defies consensus on fundamental some dispute, in fact, whether the fifteenth century belonged at all to the middle ages, arguing that it was a period of transition, a passage to modern times. At issue, therefore, is the very tenor of an age that stood under the tripartite influence of Gutenberg, the Turks, and Columbus. Volume 26 contains the customary survey of research on late-medieval drama. There are six articles on French literature, four on German topics, two on Italian art, one on Spanish medieval predication, and three on English literary matters. Six of the articles focus on women and misogyny. Further topics popular approaches to problems of daily living; the crusades and mysticism; an early warning against excess in travel and exploration; the conduct of princes as described in chronicles; the so-called Pope Joan; theater, including farces, passion pageants, and triumphant entries of princes; critique of the estates; the function of authors, and their rights, duties, and privileges. There are 17 book reviews and two obituary dedications. The volume has been assembled with special care for style, excellence of research, and variety of approaches. Edelgard DuBruck is professor emerita of Modern Languages at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan. Barbara Gusick is professor emerita of English at Troy University-Dothan, Dothan, Alabama.

Table of Contents

The Current State of Research on Late-Medieval 1997-98. Survey, Bibliography, and Reviews - Edelgard E. DuBruckAuthor and Authority in the Evangiles des quenouilles/ - Gretchen V. AngeloLa Belle Hélène de Constantinople/and Crusade Propaganda in the Court of Philip the Good - Nancy B. Black"Von erfarung aller land-Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff/ : A Document of Social, Intellectual,and Mental History - Albrecht ClassenPope Another Look Upon Martin Le Franc's Papesse Jeanne (c.1440) and Dietrich Schernberg's Play, Frau Jutta (1480)(1480) - Edelgard E. DuBruckAlphonsus regis Triumphus und die florentinische Seltbst- Inszenierung anläßlich des Einzuges von Alphoso d'Aragona in Neapel 1443Neapel 1443 - Philine HelasPierre Une satire à la solde du pouvoir? - Nicole HochnerMargery Kempe and Her Mercantile Mysticism - Roger A. LaddErzählen im Dialogisierung und Autorfunktion in der MörinHermanns von Sachsenheim - Ralf Schlechtweg-JahnActor, Scene, and Audience of the Fifteenth-Century French the Farce in the light of the Semiotics of Performance - Konrad SchoellThe Whole is the Sum of Its Misogyny As a Unifying Factor in Die sieben weisen Meister - Katya Skow-ObenausNourriture et blasons dans (1451) - Michelle SzkilnikConvent Imagery in New Light on the Rosselini Family and the Dominican Convent of S. Dominico del Maglio in Florence - Anabel ThomasThe Treatment of the Jews in Vincent Ferrer's Vernacular Sermons - David Viera"Kepe His Lawes Stable and Styll": Politics in the York Plays - Michael WinkelmanAesop, Hyssop, and Two Latin Merkverseof the Late Middle Ages - A.E. Wright

311 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 2001