{"product_id":"fantastic-histories-medieval-fairy-narratives-and-the-limits-of-wonder-9781526195852","title":"Fantastic Histories: Medieval Fairy Narratives and the Limits of Wonder","description":"\u003ci\u003eFantastic Histories \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent uses of fairy narratives in both insular and continental history and romance. It traces the uses of the fairy as a contested marker of historicity and fictionality in the histories of Gerald of Wales and Walter Map, the continental \u003ci\u003emirabilia \u003c\/i\u003eof Gervase of Tilbury, and the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French \u003ci\u003eMélusine \u003c\/i\u003eromances and their early English reception\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Working across insular and continental source material, \u003ci\u003eFantastic Histories \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the practices of history-writing, fiction-making, and the culturally determined boundaries of wonder that defined the limits of medieval history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Flood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526195852","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081179873417,"sku":"9781526195852","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_31304b7c-d177-428d-a7e4-8e113215348e.jpg?v=1782238885","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/fantastic-histories-medieval-fairy-narratives-and-the-limits-of-wonder-9781526195852","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}