Chaucerian scholarship has long been intrigued by the nature and consequences of Chaucer’s exposure to Italian culture during his professional visits to Italy

Explores provocative questions about the dynamics of cross-cultural translation and the formation of tradition

Provides a rich and varied reference resource, illuminating the different contexts for Chaucer and his work.

"More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life -- yet his poems are anything but conventional.