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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.

First full-length interdisciplinary study of the effect of these everyday surroundings on literature, culture and the collective consciousness of the late middle ages. The bed, and the chamber which contained it, was something of a cultural and social phenomenon in late-medieval England. Their introduction into some aristocratic and bourgeois households captured the imagination of late-medievalEnglish society. The bed and chamber stood for much more than simply a place to rest one's head: they were symbols of authority, unparalleled spaces of intimacy, sanctuaries both for the powerless and the powerful. This change inphysical domestic space shaped the ways in which people thought about less tangible concepts such as gender politics, communication, God, sex and emotions. Furthermore, the practical uses of beds and chambers shaped and were shaped by artistic and literary production. This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the cultural meanings of beds and chambers in late-medieval England. It draws on a vast array of literary, pragmatic and visual sources, including romances, saints' lives, lyrics, plays, wills, probate inventories, letters, church and civil court documents, manuscript illumination and physical objects, to shed new light on the ways in which beds and chambersfunctioned as both physical and conceptual spaces.

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.

Examination of the self-produced histories of a number of religious communities, tracing out the complex reasons for their composition.

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.