Remembering Boethius: Writing Aristocratic Identity in Late Medieval French and English Literatures

by Elizabeth Elliott

Remembering Boethius explores the rich intersection between the reception of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy and the literary construction of aristocratic identity. Elliott presents new interpretations of Machaut's Confort d'ami, Remede de Fortune and Fonteinne amoureuse, Froissart's Prison amoureuse, Thomas Usk's Testament of Love and the Kingis Quair. In asking how and why medieval writers remember Boethius, this book sheds new light on how medieval people imagined, and reimagined themselves.

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Elizabeth Elliott is the pseudonym for American romance novel author Linda Crippes, née Linda Kay Elliott in Fort Worth, Texas. All of her novels are published by Bantam Books, now owned by Random House. In addition to writing, she has held various management positions with Fortune 500 companies and worked as a management consultant for a variety of smaller businesses, specializing in information technology. She currently lives in Minnesota with her husband.