Later Middle Ages

<p>Originally published in 1981 <i>The Later Middle Ages </i>bridges the gap between modern and medieval language and literature by introducing the social and intellectual milieu in which writers like Chaucer Malory and Margery Kempe lived. It provides a unified and coherent account of the culture of late medieval England and of the problems involved in viewing it in relation to English literature. The book covers the history of ideas and education art and architecture and changes in the social economic and political structure. </p>