Editor Kelen (English, Nebraska Wesleyan U.) presents the Middle Ages as seen through the prism of the Tudor period. The essays describe the ways that English writers of the early modern period reacte
Though Gower (1325-1408) prided himself in being able to write poetry in English, Norman-French, and Latin throughout his career, toward the end of his life he tended more towards Latin. Here are 15 o
The conflict was more modern than medieval, says Carlson: the king needed money and the merchant-oligarchs of London balked at giving him theirs. By a series of extraordinary measures, Richard forced
This book explores one of the central myths of Spain: the idea that Spanish culture arose from that of the Visigoths. It begins with a sketch of Visigothic history, then proceeds to explore attitudes
Roger Bacon has long been considered one of the shining Aristotelian scholars of the Middle Ages. This translation of his Summulae dialectices shows the depth of Bacon's understanding of Aristotle's d
This volume makes available for the first time in English full translations of Book 2 of the Sentences. It consists of forty-four Distinctions and contains an introduction to Book 2, a list of the maj
The twelve essays in this volume all began their existence as contributions to workshops held between 2009 and 2011 by a Danish-Swedish research network called The Aristotelian Tradition: The receptio
