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…
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…
Studies of medieval poverty tend to focus on a few works, particularly Piers Plowman and related texts, and on the indigent and rural poor. This book presents a…
This collection of essays which concentrates mainly on the late medieval period in England, explores how manuscript books were made, who made them, who owned th…
Essays published in honour of the Trinity College-based scholar who has been at the forefront of Middle English studies in Ireland for many years. Anne Marie D…
