Patricia Clare Ingham is Professor of English at Indiana University. She is author of Sovereign Fantasies: Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and coeditor of Postcolonial Moves: Medieval Through Modern.

"The Medieval New is precise in its methods, pioneering in its claims, and creative in bringing together ethical, literary, theological, and historical concerns. Patricia Clare Ingham presents a sensitive and nuanced view of the relationship between 'old' and 'new' that adds immeasurably to the conversation about innovation and its relation to tradition."-Richard Newhauser, Arizona State University

• Introduction. Newfangled ValuesPART I. EX NIHILOChapter 1. Scholastic NoveltiesChapter 2. Conjuring Roger BaconPART II. INGENIUMChapter 3. Ingenious YouthChapter 4. Little NothingsPART III. CURIOSITASChapter 5. Suspect EconomiesChapter 6. Old Worlds and NewAfterword. An Age of InnovationNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Patricia Clare Ingham is Professor of English at Indiana University. She is author of Sovereign Fantasies: Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and coeditor of Postcolonial Moves: Medieval Through Modern.

"The Medieval New is precise in its methods, pioneering in its claims, and creative in bringing together ethical, literary, theological, and historical concerns. Patricia Clare Ingham presents a sensitive and nuanced view of the relationship between 'old' and 'new' that adds immeasurably to the conversation about innovation and its relation to tradition."-Richard Newhauser, Arizona State University

• Introduction. Newfangled ValuesPART I. EX NIHILOChapter 1. Scholastic NoveltiesChapter 2. Conjuring Roger BaconPART II. INGENIUMChapter 3. Ingenious YouthChapter 4. Little NothingsPART III. CURIOSITASChapter 5. Suspect EconomiesChapter 6. Old Worlds and NewAfterword. An Age of InnovationNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments