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Offers insights into the political, social and cultural interests that informed the shaping of England's pre-Conquest history.

Examines manuscripts of Langland, Chaucer, Gower, Nicholas Love and Arthurian tales, alongside other devotional works and archival evidence.

Specialists in other languages offer perspectives on the widespread use of French in a range of contexts, from German courtly narratives to biblical exegesis in Hebrew.

Demonstrates the wide prevalence of supposedly impermissible divination techniques found in a wide range of manuscripts from medieval Britain.

Insights into ecclesiastical, political, cultural and social history of the north of England through an exploration of the administrative archives of fourteenth century archbishops.

Draws on evidence found in surviving manuscripts to restore friars to their rightful place in the history of English health care.

Traces the journey from ill health to miraculous cure through the lens of hagiographical texts from twelfth-century England.

A fresh close reading of the texts of one of the four surviving major manuscripts of Old English poetry, reappraising Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 to discover some of the preoccupations of its compliers.

A survey of the different literary forms adopted by history writers after the Conquest, exploring why and for what effects they were used.

Who wrote about the past in the Middle Ages, who read about it, and how were these works disseminated and used?

This collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease, from different religious traditions.

Fresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence.

An investigation into the role of the high-ranking churchman in this period - who they were, what they did, and how they perceived themselves.

Historiographical survey of inquisition texts, from lists of questions to inquisitor's manual, studies their role in the suppression of heresy.

Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature and the early formation of the canon of English poetry.

Evidence of parish organisation in late medieval England, and the impact of the Henrician Reformation at parish level.

Influential scholars from Britain and North America discuss future directions in rapidly expanding field of manuscript study.

An investigation into the hugely significant works produced by the Worcester foundation at a period of turmoil and change.

Contemporary descriptions of objects no longer extant examined to reconstruct these lost treasures.

Traces the journey from ill health to miraculous cure through the lens of hagiographical texts from twelfth-century England.

Essays considering how information could be used and abused in the service of heresy and inquisition.

Comprehensive catalogue of the hagiographical lessons in Sarum breviaries, with key studies of the most crucial elements.

Essays exploring the great religious and devotional works of the Middle Ages in their manuscript and other contexts.

A fresh examination of the Cathar heresy, using the records of inquisitorial tribunals to bring out new details of life at the time.

Essays examining the compiler and contents of two of the most important and significant extant late medieval manuscript collections.

Scribes played a crucial part in the flourishing and availability of literature in English during the time of Chaucer. This book reveals for the first time who they were, where and how they worked, and the crucial role they playedin bringing this literature to a wider public.