Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature: Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker by Edwin David Craun
English | 16 Jun. 1997 | ISBN: 052149690X, 0521022010 | 272 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
Drawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speech of Western Christians.