In the three plays offered here an honest farmer at first resists then gives way to, and finally is redeemed from, the guileful temptations of the devil. The bleaker 'Everyman' focuses on the struggle to die a holy death, while 'Mundus et Infans' tells the life story of an arrogant bully.

Product Description: The John Rylands and Chetham's Libraries, Manchester, were both founded by charitable local magnates and in the course of time have become well known in many parts of the world. Housed in their striking original premises, they both contain major collections of manuscripts which in each case include important texts in Middle English prose...read more

Product Description: This book gives a linguistic overview of the first eight centuries of English poetry - years which produced such key works as Beowulf, Lazoman's Brut and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It begins with chapters on the social and literary context, before turning in more detail to subjects such as poetic diction, rhymed and alliterative verse, borrowed words, recurrent phrases, rhetoric and linguistic variety...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The John Rylands and Chetham's Libraries, Manchester, were both founded by charitable local magnates and in the course of time have become well known in many parts of the world. Housed in their striking original premises, they both contain major collections of manuscripts which in each case include important texts in Middle English prose...read more

Reconstructs the social structure and working life of the Anglo-Saxons and describes their religious beliefs, language, and methods of fighting