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In this 1995 study James Simpson examines two great poems of the later medieval period, the Latin philosophical epic, Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus (1181-3), and John Gower's English poem, The Confessio Amantis (1390-3). Simpson locates these works in a cultural context dominated by two kinds of literary humanism: the absolutist, whose philosophical mentor is Plato, whose literary model is Virgil and whose concept of the self is centred in the intellect, and the constitutionalist, whose classical models are Aristotle and Ovid and whose concept of the self resides in the mediatory power of the imagination. Both poems are examples of the Bildungsroman, in which the self reaches its fullness only by traversing an educational cursus in the related sciences of ethics, politics and cosmology, but as this study shows, there are very different modes of thought behind their conceptions of selfhood and education.

Comparative literature --- Gower, John --- Alan of Lille --- Amour dans la littérature --- Filosofie [Middeleeuwse ] in de literatuur --- Humanisten --- Humanistes --- Humanists --- Ik in de literatuur --- Liefde in de literatuur --- Love in literature --- Moi dans la littérature --- Philosophie médiévale dans la littérature --- Philosophy [Medieval ] in literature --- Self in literature --- Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- -Humanists --- Literature and science --- -Literature, Comparative --- -Love in literature --- Philosophy, Medieval, in literature --- Poetry, Medieval --- -Poetry, Medieval --- -Self in literature --- European poetry --- Medieval poetry --- Literature, Comparative --- Philology --- Poetry and science --- Science and literature --- Science and poetry --- Science and the humanities --- Scholars --- History and criticism --- History --- English (Middle) and Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Latin (Medieval and modern) and English (Middle) --- Classical influences --- Alanus de Insulis --- Humanists. --- Love in literature. --- Philosophy, Medieval, in literature. --- Self in literature. --- English and Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Latin (Medieval and modern) and English. --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Classical influences. --- Alanus, --- Gower, John, --- Europe --- Intellectual life --- Alain de Lille --- Alano di Lilla --- Alanus ab Insulis --- English and Latin (Medieval and modern). --- English (Middle) and Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Latin (Medieval and modern) and English (Middle). --- Soi dans la littérature --- Zelf in de literatuur --- Latin (Medieval and modern) and English --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Poetry [Medieval ] --- Epic poetry [Latin ] (Medieval and modern) --- Literature [Comparative ] --- Literature, Comparative - Latin (Medieval and modern) and English (Middle) --- Literature, Comparative - English (Middle) and Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism. --- Literature and science - Europe - History. --- Poetry, Medieval - Classical influences. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Literature, Comparative - Latin (Medieval and modern) and English. --- Poetry, Medieval - History and criticism. --- Alanus, - de Insulis, - d. 1202. - Anticlaudianus. --- Gower, John, - 1325?-1408. - Confessio amantis. --- MEDIEVAL POETRY --- ALANUS DE INSULIS, d. 1203 --- EPIC POETRY --- GOWER (JOHN), c. 1330-1408 --- LITERATURE AND SCIENCE --- LATIN --- CONFESSIO AMANTIS

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Old English literature --- anno 1200-1499 --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- English prose literature --- Union lists. --- Manuscripts --- 091 =20 --- 091 <44 PARIS> --- -Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- -English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts, Middle English --- Middle English manuscripts --- English literature --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk--PARIS --- Union lists --- -Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- 091 <44 PARIS> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Frankrijk--PARIS --- 091 =20 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts&delete& --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) - France - Paris - Union lists. --- English prose literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Manuscripts - Union lists. --- Mss Paris --- Mss littérature anglaise Moyen Age

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Spanish Agriculture: The Long Siesta, 1765-1965, first published in 1996, is a major study in English of Spanish agrarian history. James Simpson examines how traditional agriculture responded to population growth and the integration of commodity markets, emphasising both Spain's regional variations and its context in Europe. Using statistical data as well as his wide knowledge of the recent secondary literature, Simpson argues that decisive changes in farming techniques only occurred at the start of this century. He rejects arguments that slow growth can be explained by poor resources or inefficient farmers. Indeed, farmers were quick to change when they had market opportunities, but development was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War and subsequent short-sighted government policies, only resuming in the 1950s. This comprehensive study will be of relevance to students and scholars of historical geography and agrarian history, as well as economic history.

Agriculture --- -Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Economic aspects --- -History --- -Economic aspects --- Farming --- Economic aspects&delete& --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- History.

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In this distinctive new history of the origins of the Spanish Civil War, James Simpson and Juan Carmona tackle the highly-debated issue of why it was that Spain's democratic Second Republic failed. They explore the interconnections between economic growth, state capacity, rural social mobility and the creation of mass competitive political parties, and how these limited the effectiveness of the new republican governments, and especially their attempts to tackle economic and social problems within the agricultural sector. They show how political change during the Republic had a major economic impact on the different groups in village society, leading to social conflicts that turned to polarization and finally, with the civil war, to violence and brutality. The democratic Republic failed not so much because of the opposition from the landed elites, but rather because small farmers had been unable to exploit more effectively their newly found political voice.

Agriculture --- Land reform --- Democratization --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Agrarian reform --- Economic policy --- Land use, Rural --- Social policy --- Agriculture and state --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Economic aspects --- History. --- History --- Spain --- Espagne --- Espainiako Erresuma --- España --- Espanha --- Espanja --- Espanya --- Estado Español --- Hispania --- Hiszpania --- Isupania --- Kingdom of Spain --- Regne d'Espanya --- Reiaume d'Espanha --- Reino de España --- Reino d'Espanya --- Reinu d'España --- Sefarad --- Sepharad --- Shpanie --- Shpanye --- Spanien --- Spanish State --- Supein --- イスパニア --- スペイン --- Causes. --- Politics and government --- Rural conditions

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Fantasy in literature. --- French literature --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- History and criticism.