McInnes, L.E. orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-3651 (2017) ‘England, hope for light after the confusion of darkness’: English Political Identity in the Late Medieval Carol. Identity papers: A journal of British and Irish studies, 2 (1).
Abstract
The late medieval carol is an important indigenous musical form that is abundant in a number of sources from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth century both with and without extant musical notation. Often thought of as a song that only addresses Christmas themes, medieval carols, in fact, cover a variety of subject matter: love, humour, moralistic tales, the veneration of saints, and politics, to name but a few. This short study seeks to discuss the political carols; addressing their position in manuscripts of the time, examining the clues they might give to the establishments they were performed in, and exploring their representation of English political identity during this turbulent period of history.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | England; Middle Ages; Music; Carols; Politics; Identity; Manuscripts |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Student Services (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2017 14:23 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2017 14:26 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.5920/idp.2017.03 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Huddersfield Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5920/idp.2017.03 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122750 |