Reviewing the first volume in this series, Christopher Allmand, writing in English Historical Review, said: `Once again, a volume of papers published by the Boydell Press has made a useful interdisciplinary contribution toan important and difficult subject. Historians may read this book with profit.' But not only historians, for the contributions to these volumes are wide-ranging, and cover all aspects of culture in the middle ages, with a strong emphasis on continental literature.

Contributions by: Dafydd Evans, Emma Mason, Ian Peirce, J. I. Catto, Jim Bradbury, Malcolm Barber, Richard G Eales, William Henry Jackson, Z. P. Zaddy