The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. T

A compact collection of focused introductions to and inquiries into medieval England, representing both history and literature.

In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manu

First full-length study of the mouth's centrality to discourses of physical, ethical and spiritual 'good' in Middle English literature.