Introduction1. The Primitive Version of Amadis de GaulaJuan Bautista Avalle-Arce, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2. A Historical Revolution: Lorenzo Valla’s Attack on ScholasticismCiriaco Morón Arroyo, Cornell University3. Metaphor and Simile in Nicholas of Cusa’s Idiota de MenteClyde Lee Miller, SUNY Stony Brook4. Soul, Mind, and Intellect: Changing Paradigms in Later Medieval ThoughtJohn Boler, SUNY Binghamton5. Corn and Shrimps: Chaucer’s Mockery of Religious ControversyRuth M. Ames, Queensborough Community College in the City University of New York6. "Glosynge is a Glorious Thyng Certyn": A reconsideration of The Summoner’s TaleMartha H. Fleming, SUNY Albany7. How to Achieve Discipline in the Classroom: William of Wheteley’s Exposition of Pseudo-BoethiusMichael Johnson, State University College at Buffalo