Late-Medieval Prison Writing and the Politics of Autobiography

Boethius'' Consolation of Philosophy has long been taken as one of the seminal works of the Middle Ages, yet despite the study of many aspects of the Consolation''s influence, the legacy of the figure of the writer in prison has not been explored. A group of late-medieval authors, Thomas Usk, James I of Scotland, Charles d''Orléans, George Ashby, William Thorpe, Richard Wyche, and Sir Thomas Malor...