This book will be of interest to scholars in the field of medieval literature in general, and Piers Plowman in particular, as well as to cultural historians of …
Essays collected, edited and introduced by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Described as 'the prince of Irish historians' by the great Belgian medievalist Paul Grosjean, SJ,…
This study explores the relationship of the Middle English lyric (primarily, though not exclusively, the secular lyric) to the various forms of folksong and pop…
In Caledonian Craftsmanship: The Scottish Latin tradition David Howlett presents a documented account of the origins of a brilliant Scottish Latin literature fr…
This book examines the roles of magic in medieval romance. Magic’s crucial function in the romances may be established by studying the diverse works of Chrétien…
Four stresses, a line broken in two by a caesura, and a pattern of alliteration linking the two half-lines were features of the staple manner of Anglo-Saxon ver…
Text and Gloss casts a wide net across the study and creation of texts and the appropriation and application of Mediterranean culture in Anglo-Saxon England and…
This volume presents selected papers from the Early Book Society’s biennial British meetings, 1989-93. The Society was formed to bring together those interested…
The Vision of Tnugdal, one of the great twelfth-century visions of the otherworld, was originally written in Latin by an Irish monk in Germany. This extraordina…
