The Medieval Professional Reader at Work: Evidence from Manuscripts of Chaucer Langland, Kempe, and Gower (Els Monograph Series)

The medieval reading process was unusually multi-faceted, and can surprise the modern reader by offering an alternative grid or map of a text we believe we know well -- one that cuts across or unsettles familiar stereotypes we all hold. These essays were collected together to offer practical, manuscript-based studies of medieval reading habits in use.