Medieval England: An Encyclopedia

To assess adequately this compendium of almost 950 pages devoted to medieval England would require a pamphlet or brochure in itself, but an attempt must be made to describe it in the compass of a few brief paragraphs. The three editors are American academics specialising in medieval studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and at the Research Foundation of SUNY, Stony Brook. The project was first suggested in 1987 when Garland Publishing Inc. approached Paul Szarmach about the possibility of a series of encyclopedias devoted to European nations in medieval times. As the introduction spells out, the encyclopedia has...