Prophecy and Public Affairs in Later Medieval England

The nature of political prophecy in the middle ages analysed, confirming its importance in the discussion of public affairs. In this first general survey of political prophecy in medieval England for almost a hundred years, Lesley Coote examines the nature of political prophecy, its audience and its reception. She compares the discourse of prophecy withother, related discourses, and demonstrates how it functioned as a political language. A study of extant manuscripts produces an account of the i