In the analysis of medieval literature, a team of researchers selected 3,648 manuscripts written in Dutch, French, English, German, Irish, and Icelandic between 600 and 1450 C.E.

When depicting the open sea, early medieval English literature employed these sonic elements. In Brooks' article published in ...

After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English Language and Literature, he received a Ph.D. in English from Duke in 2021.

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies relies on the talents, scholarship and research of faculty across the University, including faculty in the Departments of English, History, Philosophy, ...

From pilgrims and proto-feminists to tragic princes and dream visions, Chaucer’s finest texts forever changed how English ...

The Assistant Professor of English sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss "The Book of Margery Kempe," coffee shops AUs, and the gender politics of fanfiction.

The specter of the killer bunny — familiar to fans of the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” — recurs throughout medieval English literature, according to the British Library ...

An illustration from a late 12th-century manuscript showing St. Cuthbert, a medieval English saint, in a boat at sea. The manuscript is preserved in the British Library. In the early Middle Ages ...

This post was updated Nov. 17 at 8:52 p.m. With elves, giants and magic, the Medieval Texts Reading Group builds community one whimsical text at a time.

John Hirsh, a beloved professor in the Georgetown University English department, died Dec. 6. He was 81. Hirsh left behind a legacy of academic dedication and community service, including 13 published ...