This new edition makes available to students of English romance and of the Matter of Britain two significant Middle English Arthurian romances. With introductions, glosses, notes, and glossary, a very accessible edition for students.
Fascinating first-person account of the visions experienced by the anchoress Julian of Norwich in May of 1373. This practical edition includes a gloss, an introduction, notes, and a glossary, making it valuable to students of Middle English and medieval mysticism alike.
Transcriptions were all designed for performances by the Society for Old Music, and were used in concerts for the local... Læs mere
Eighteen essays by some of the most prominent British and North American students of heroic poetry, plus two poems and a... Læs mere
Verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer... Læs mere
On anticlerical poetry in late medieval England. These Middle English poems attack ecclesiastical corruption; most of the poems were written by disgruntled Lollards about... Læs mere
Published in cooperation with the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program at the University of Pittsburgh, this collection of essays explores the... Læs mere
A "bourde" is an English comedic poem similar to a French fabliau but with a moralizing element and less of an emphasis on violence. Collection of ten Middle English bourdes, specifically... Læs mere
The two texts of the dialogue presented here, a Latin version printed c. 1488 and a Middle... Læs mere
From Shakespeare’s manipulation of his medieval source material to Protestant responses to medieval Catholicism, essays explore the ways that... Læs mere
First modern edition of the poem since 1863, presents it to a new audience of students. Attributed to the mystic Richard Rolle, it became one of the most popular poems in medieval... Læs mere
Clifford Davidson's newly revised and expanded edition of A Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge makes available the longest and most significant text of dramatic criticism in Middle English.