Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism honors the extraordinary academic career of H. A.
Kelly whose scholarship covers a wide variety of topics including medieval and Renaissance
literature and history ecclesiastical history and theology and philology. In recognition of
his broad historical sweep authors addressed in this volume range from Aristotle to Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley though in the interest of cohesion the contributions focus primarily
on English medieval literature and philology and on closely related European and historical
fields. Theoretically and methodologically the essays fulfill the dual task of taking stock
and taking on the challenges now facing medievalism. The reader will encounter a broad variety
of texts here as well as fresh perspectives on issues of current interest in medieval studies.
