Description: The essays collected in this festschrift for one of the leading scholars of the Middle Ages cover a wide spectrum of themes and introduce such diverse characters as an estranged queen, a bankrupt aristocrat, a female apothecary, a flute-playing Turkish doctor and a medieval "Dad's Army" conscripted to defend England's coasts.
Brief description: NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy
Review Quotes: [An] eclectic but engaging collection.-- "LOCAL HISTORIAN"