The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

<br>"The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages is the best concise medieval encyclopedia currently available, highly recommended for academic and large public libraries." --Booklist<br><p><br>"A useful work both for nonspecialists and for specialists who want quick identifications." --Choice<p><br>

<br>Robert E. Bjork is Foundation Professor of English and Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) at Arizona State University. He was General Editor of Modern Scandinavian Literature in Translation from 1984 to 1994; Co-Editor of Studies in Scandinavian Literatureand Culture from 1992 to 2001, and has been Director and General Editor of Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (ACMRS) and General Editor of Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance since 1996. He's been a Visiting Fellow at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, and a Visiting Professor of English at UCLA. His published work includes translations of five books on Old English Poetry and seven modern Swedish novels. He was President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxons 2002-3, and is a Corresponding Fellow of the English Association and Chair of the Medieval Academy of America's standing committee on Centres and Regional Associations.<br>

VOLUME 1; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editors and Contributors; Thematic Listing of Entries; Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages A-C; VOLUME 2; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages D-J; VOLUME 3; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages J-Q; VOLUME 4; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages R-Z; Medieval Popes and Antipopes; Index of Variant Place Names; General Index; Picture Acknowledgements