The Romance of the Stanleys: regional and national imaginings in the Percy Folio

Victoria Flood; Aisling Byrne

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The Romance of the Stanleys: regional and national imaginings in the Percy Folio

Victoria Flood, Aisling Byrne

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This article investigates a body of early Tudor poetry associated with the Stanley Earls of Derby, preserved in the Percy Folio (British Library, Additional MS 27879). It argues that the Lancashire and Cheshire authors of these poems modified strategies of national address, rooted in a historical and prophetic tradition we can trace back to Geoffrey of Monmouth, to construct a clear regional identity centred on the dynastic mythology of the Stanley family. The Galfridian Stanley-ite mythology of this period presents a significant counterpart to contemporary political historical and prophetic treatments of the Tudor accession. This provides an important new literary-historical context for our understanding of the Percy Folio romance The Turke and Sir Gawain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327–351
Journal	Viator
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.103512
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Stanley earls of Derby
Percy Folio
Bosworth
Flodden
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Henry VII
Henry VIII

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