The so-called Sunday Letter was a text fabricated in the early middle ages, as a letter from Christ which dropped out of heaven. In spite of its obviously spurious nature, it was widely read and cop
Writers often meditate on what physical situations they need to do the work in hand. A room of their own, bills, bed, procrastination, regular meals, Benzedrine and beer, office routines, walking an
These papers are the proceedings of the fourth international Exeter Symposium. They promote enquiry into, and understanding of, the medieval mystics and the cultural context to which they belong. Here
The prodigious writings of Archbishop Wulfstan (d. 1023) encompass secular laws, religious canons, political theory, and homilies (sermons); despite their importance, however the homilies have not re
The Influence and significance of the legend of Arthur is fully demonstrated by the subject matter and time-span of articles here: topics range from early Celtic sources and analogues of Arthurian pl
This collaborative book challenges the canonical Chretien de Troyes of literary history. Understanding the name as designating a body of texts rather than an historical individual, Thinking Through C
The three narrative lays presented here form a sequel to the authors' Eleven Old French Narrative Lays (French Arthurian Literature series IV, 2007). No new edition of Ignaure has appeared since 1938
Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles up to
The library of Corpus Christi College is one of the most famous of all of those in Oxford and Cambridge. It is one of the few pre-1600 libraries to survive in something like its original form, and the
The idea of kingship forms a recurrent theme in the poems of the so-called `Ricardians', John Gower, William Langland, the Gawain-poet and Chaucer - unsurprisingly, during a period of considerable tu
Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2014, the two-volume scholarly edition of the Morte Darthur examined the two surviving versions of the text: Caxton's edition of 1485 and the Winches
Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical iss
Sir Bevis of Hampton is one of the most widespread and important Middle English romances. This book - the first ever full-length study to be devoted to it - considers it in its historical and literary
Samuel Pepys's unique collection of 3000 books has been, as he directed, preserved intact at his old Cambridge college since 1724. Its various facets were not widely appreciated until the publication
