Word as Bond in English Literature from the Middle Ages to the Restoration by J. Douglas Canfield

Word as Bond in English Literature from the Middle Ages to the Restoration

J. Douglas Canfield

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For centuries, the transmission of power in feudal European society depended on a code of fidelity, of political allegiance, and truth to one's word. The word as bond extended to include not only the pledge of allegiance between subject and king, ...

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