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Premodern Places: Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra Behn
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1393-9
Hardcover
352 pages
August 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn.


* A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining.

* Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others.

* Begins with Calais - peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam - traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667.

* Other particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands).

* Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais.

* Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe.

* Crosses the traditional divide between the medieval and Renaissance periods.