Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, series 3, volume 17

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History is an annual publication of historiographical essays on the pre-modern world. As a venue for sustained investigations, it plays a significant role in the dissemination of interpretative scholarship that falls in the niche between the journal article and the monograph.

This is the penultimate volume in series 3 and primarily comprises essays in memory of Paul E. Szarmach, the eminent Old English scholar and former executive director of the Medieval Academy of America and director of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

Joel T. Rosenthal is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus of the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Virginia Blanton is University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor of English and teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.