{"product_id":"kingis-quair-and-other-prison-poems","title":"Kingis Quair and Other Prison Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrison poems, texts written in conditions of physical captivity or on the subject of imprisonment, flourished in the fifteenth century. This edition compiles five such poems, all of which draw on Boethius’s \u003cem\u003eConsolation of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, the sixth-century philosophical treatise that preached against fickle Fortune and for the constancy of God. James I of Scotland and Charles D’Orleans—both royalty captured by political rivals—follow a Boethian trajectory in their poems (the Older Scots \u003cem\u003eKingis Quair\u003c\/em\u003e and Middle English \u003cem\u003eFortunes Stabilnes\u003c\/em\u003e, respectively\u003cem\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e, though they situate themselves as prisoners to love. George Ashby, a government clerk imprisoned for an unknown reason, pleads in his \u003cem\u003eComplaint of a Prisoner in the Fleet 1463\u003c\/em\u003e for patience and purification of the soul against the vicissitudes of Fortune. Taken together, these poems consider prison not only as a physical condition but also as a literary trope that allows for both complaint and empowerment, providing avenues for escape through the pursuit of love, religious faith, or intellectual contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245519917400,"sku":"9781580440936","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781580440936_8adc3736-e9ce-49f3-aa22-f6e019787a82.jpg?v=1780402517","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/kingis-quair-and-other-prison-poems","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}