All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World

All Things Medieval is the latest in the “All Things” series published by Greenwood Press. Earlier publications have focused on individuals and their work, e.g. All Things Austen: An Encyclopedia of Austen's World (Olsen, 2005) (RR 2006/080); similarly for works on Chaucer, Darwin and Shakespeare. There is also an All Things in the Bible: An Encyclopedia of the Biblical World (Tischler, 2006).

In All Things Medieval the author, Ruth Johnston, has a much wider field to cover and many more years. The Middle Ages are generally considered to cover just under 1,000 years from 550‐1450....