Medievalists.net » H. E. Marshall http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Representations of Anglo-Saxon England in Children’s Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/04/representations-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-childrens-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/04/representations-of-anglo-saxon-england-in-childrens-literature/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:30:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=115 The way in which children’s authors have translated medieval history into their own “historicity” has changed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as popular and scholarly attitudes toward the Middle Ages have changed. Looking at these changes, my purpose in this thesis will be to answer two questions: why would children’s authors draw upon Anglo-Saxon England for their subject matter? And, what relevance does children’s literature have for an audience of medievalists?

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