Books published by Medieval Institute Publications

A collection of texts representing the wide variety of forms and genres ofthe Latin liturgy, in English translation.

Mid-14th-century Middle English version of the classic narrative of the handsome and mysterious young outsider who comes to the court of King Arthur to prove himself worthy of joining Arthur's knights. The young knight is tested in a variety of ways, and learns both chivalric codes of conduct and the truth of his parentage.

A completely new edition of Gavin Douglas's important dream vision.

This book investigates and re-evaluates the impact of Latin culture in crucial areas of late medieval and early modern Scottish literature and the role it played in the development of Scottish writing.

A collection of biblical plays in the Huntington Library's MS HM 1. Once thought to constitute a cycle of plays from the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire's West Riding, the collection includes some of the best-known examples of medieval English drama, including the much-anthologized Second Shepherds Play.

Introduction, translation, and critical notes to Rabbi Eliezer of Beaugency: one of the most innovative exegetical projects of the twelfth-century Renaissance.

A collection of biblical plays in the Huntington Library's MS HM 1. Once thought to constitute a cycle of plays from the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire's West Riding, the collection includes some of the best-known examples of medieval English drama, including the much-anthologized Second Shepherds Play.

Essays investigating an assortment of issues and problems raised by the Man of Sorrows, a figure charged with profound spiritual, metaphorical, and symbolic meaning that traveled across Europe, and permeated numerous religious contexts as it soared in popularity in the West from the late Middle Ages into the Renaissance and beyond.

Explores the beginnings of the continental European notarial tradition, acquainting readers with the format of notarial documents, the books containing notarial acts, and with the variety of notarial acts. Sample documents have been selected for their interest and their illustration of specific types of contracts.

Four Middle English Charlemagne romances from the Otuel cycle: Roland and Vernagu, Otuel a Knight, Otuel and Roland, and Duke Roland and Sir Otuel of Spain. A translation of the romances' source, the Anglo-French Otinel, is also included.

An account of life in London during the reign of the first Tudor king.

A new edition of two of Machaut's best known dits, the Remede de Fortune (Remedy for Fortune) and the Confort d'ami (Consolation from a Friend), with detailed commentaries on Machaut, these poetical works, the accompanying music, and the art program of the base manuscript.

New translations of texts on the Apocalypse written by Theodulf of Orleans and Smaragdus of Saint Mihiel, two early ninth-century theological advisers to Charlemagne.

A characterological study of the standards of measure and the nature of fame of the renowned figures in Antony and Cleopatra, juxtaposed to the origins and nature of Shakespeare's fame.

This volume addresses the history of saintsand sainthood in the Middle Ages in theBaltic Region with a special focus on the cultof saints in Russia, Prussia, Finland, Sweden,Denmark, Estonia, and Latvia.

"The Third Gender" considers AElfric of Eynsham's treatment of gender as he translates Latin monastic saints' Lives for his Anglo-Saxon lay audience.

This study interrogates the figuration of women within the narrative of Spenser's culturally encyclopedic romance-epic, The Faerie Queene.

A fresh contextual reading of the four Middle English "Gawain" poems that situates them within the rich tradition of fourteenth-century English anticlericalism.

A new edition of Machaut's twenty-three motets, based on manuscript Paris, Bibliotheque nationale fonds francais 1584, with an introduction presenting a fresh appraisal of these works, an art-historical study of the manuscript illumination that accompanies them, as well as full commentaries for each motet and English translations of their lyrics.

The Digby Play of Mary Magdalene is a rare surviving example of the Middle English saint play. Fully annotated and extensively glossed, this edition is an essential resource.

A new edition of Machaut's twenty-three motets, based on manuscript Paris, Bibliotheque nationale fonds francais 1584, with an introduction presenting a fresh appraisal of these works, an art-historical study of the manuscript illumination that accompanies them, as well as full commentaries for each motet and English translations of their lyrics.

The five essays study the contents of the manuscript in order to understand the provenance of its most famous piece, the Jeu d'Adam.

Exploresearly modern ludic culture, interpreting "playthings" as both objects and persons, and early modern play as a strategicpsychosocial endeavor and a pivotal part of daily life.