Download or read book The Familiar Enemy written by Ardis Butterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Familiar Enemy examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France during the Hundred Years War. It explores works by Deschamps, Charles d'Orléans, and Gower, as well as Chaucer who, the book argues, must be resituated within the context of the multilingual cultural geography of medieval Europe.