This invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of s

This critical study of medieval English romances uses ideas from anthropology and critical theories of the gift to shed light on narratives ranging from the twe

The first book-length study to articulate the vital presence of artisans and craft labor in medieval English literature from c.1000-1483.

The essays collected here show how the romances of medieval England engaged with contemporary Christian culture, and demonstrate the importance of reading them

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres