This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a thousand years. Beginning with the influential late an…
The book of Psalms was at the core of devotional practice in western Christianity throughout the Middle Ages. The study of medieval Latin Psalters provides evid…
John Skelton (c.1460–1529) wrote poetry and some prose, in Latin and English, for almost forty years, circulating his work through manuscript copies and the new…
The social and political opinions of the author of Piers Plowman derive from, and reflect, a personal background significantly different from that of Chaucer, G…
This collection of essays focuses on the processes of intellectual transmission in medieval and Renaissance literature, paying particular attention to the ways …
Celebrating the life and works of Yolande de Pontfarcy Sexton, this volume builds on her work to show how, in European medieval narratives, archetypes and belie…
