Middle English Literature: A Historical Sourcebook, (Hardcover)

This collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents is designed for students of Chaucer and Middle English literature. It makes readily available accounts of key historical events and descriptions of pertinent cultural phenomena.

• Brings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-century historical and cultural texts.
  
• Documents shed light on the themes and styles that appear in Chaucer and other Middle English literature.
  
• Contains twelve important images from the period.
  
• Concise introductions and bibliographies accompany all documents.