63 research outputs found
Engaging the manuscript: new editions and reading the 'whole book' in Chetham's Library MS 8009
Get PDFThis thesis considers the intersection of the manuscript and its literature through an examination of the late fifteenth century manuscript, Chetham’s Library 8009 (Mun. A.6.31) and provides four diplomatic editions. This manuscript contains fourteen texts in Middle English including romance, hagiography, courtesy literature, and a comic text. This thesis argues for the importance of reading medieval literature in its manuscript context. Although there is a growing trend to consider the ‘whole book’ and integrate analysis of the material artefact with interpretation, much work remains to be done.
In Part I, this thesis presents a new paradigm for reading medieval literature, and argues that the manuscript forms a very literal community of texts, and that each text acts as a co-creator of meaning with the others. It then demonstrates four brief contextual readings that may be made within Chetham 8009 across generic boundaries, and that produce a shift in interpretive focus .
Part II provides four diplomatic editions from Chetham 8009: the Life of St Katherine, the Liber Catonis, John Russell’s Book of Carving and Nurture, and the Book of the Duke and Emperor.
This thesis aims to contribute to the study of medieval literature by arguing for a methodological shift in the way the literature is approached and by providing access to four texts either previously unedited or not easily accessible
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No full textNew members Charity League / Mrs. Douglas Haskew / [Mrs.] Lee Stylslinger Jr. / [Mrs.] G. G. Turner / [Mrs.] Jackson L. Gily / [Mrs.] Sherwood Bickerstaff / [Mrs.] Williams F. Chetham / [Mrs. William] J. Sharp / 128 Lake Drive, home of Mrs. Miller Gorrie in Crestline Heights / [Work order included
Seventeenth century northern noble widows : a comparative study
No full textThis thesis is presented in part fulfilment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of Huddersfield.
This thesis aims to explore the lives of seventeenth century noble widows in the north of
England. The issues investigated include the demographics of widowhood, economics of
widowhood, charitable activities, noble widows and the law, social networks surrounding
widows and widows' political interests. Each of these subjects forms a chapter, where widows' contribution to each sphere through the seventeenth century is explored and assessed.
The work also covers wider issues which affected women prior to and during marriage as they were also relevant to widowhood. Therefore it has been necessary to widen the scope of research from analyzing women's lives after the deaths of their husbands. Similarly, the geographical scope of the research, whilst basically entrenched in the north of England, extends in response to the variety of widows' experiences.
The research has required examination of primary source material generated by widows such as letters, diaries, estate records and account books from institutions such as the British Library and private libraries such as that at Chatsworth.
The second aim of this thesis is to examine more recent attitudes towards seventeenth century noble widows, encompassing the writings of nineteenth century historians and contemporary authors. The subject of this study is an under researched area and the thesis highlights the importance of the only part of a noblewoman's life that was lived as an independent individual. By scrutinising the secondary source material, challenging and criticizing general arguments proposed by other writers, debate upon the subject should be increased and new ideas expressed. Despite the social, legal, economic and political changes which took place throughout the seventeenth century, noble widows remained
influential figures within the contexts of family, household and society as they exploited
legal loopholes or accepted conventions in order to further their individual aims.
This study advances the understanding of women's history by focussing on a neglected aspect of the subject, provides a new viewpoint for regional history and stimulates ideas for further academic debate
Locality, culture and identity in late medieval Yorkshire, c.1270 - c.1540
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Obligation and choice : aspects of family and kinship in seventeenth century County Durham
No full textThe thesis seeks to explore alleged differences in kinship and family relations
within County Durham, an area of wide geographical, social and economic
diversity. A study of recognition that reveals that kinship ties were narrow
and fell into a distinctly English pattern, a pattern which appears independent
of considerations of wealth. Only the life cycle appears to have influenced
patterns of recognition. Wider kin also appear to have been of limited importance
as a source of support, with individuals preferring to rely upon the aid of
neighbours and members of the nuclear family. This relatively narrow 9attern
of recognition and support stands in sharp contrast to the strong ties formed
within and through the nuclear family. The detailed study of inheritance,
marriage and conflict not only reinforces the earlier findings concerning
the limited importance of wider kin but also suggests that strong and specific
ties of obligation and expectation governed relationships formed within the
nuclear family. Such findings suggest the need to revise the assumption
which regard English society as being highly 'individualistic'
The Layburnes and their world, circa 1620-1720: the English Catholic community and the House of Stuart
No full textThis thesis concerns Catholics in north-western England in the late
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in particular the Layburne family
of Cunswick, Cumbria. It examines their role in local society and at the courts
of the Stuart queens in London and St Germains. It traces their growing
commitment to the Jacobite cause and their hopes of thereby regaining
positions of influence at court and in the country.
The north-western Tory gentry's sympathy with their Catholic counterparts is
contrasted with the treatment given to the Quakers in the same area. The latter
were regarded as a danger to the fabric of society, representing an economic
and political threat to the government. As an example of how integrated the
Catholics were, the services in Kendal parish church were more Papist than
non-conformist, even under the Protectorate. At the Restoration the Catholics
continued to contribute to the upkeep of the church and were well-regarded in
the area.
The Layburnes occupied positions during the reign of James II, both in the
north-west and at court. Bishop John Laybume acted as James II's Catholic
bishop, and had also been involved in the Secret Treaty of Dover in 1670,
under Charles II. during James II's reign bishop Layburne had organised the
funding of Catholic chapels, clergy and education. This activity was
discovered and used in the prosecution of Catholic gentry in the trials
following the Lancashire Plot (1694). On acquittal, the Jacobites vigorously
renewed their plotting in Lancashire. Planning for a Jacobite invasion reached
its culmination in the 1715 Rising, only to end with the siege of Preston.
Despite some executions and the forfeiture of estates, many Catholic Jacobite
families survived the 1715 rising. Few rose in 1745 and many Catholic
families, with the exception of the Layburnes, prospered and continue to this
day
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