A Crisis of Truth

"Green's work is of the greatest importance for the understanding of a crucial period in the history of English writing and institutions, and a crucial shift in patterns of cognition."--Derek Pearsall, Harvard University

Richard Firth Green is Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of Poets and Princepleasers: Literature and the English Court in the Late Middle Ages.

"A book to read for the wealth of fascinating detail, no less than for the clear and important argument."-English Historical Review "The best book that has been written on medieval English literature in the last ten years"-Derek Pearsall, Modern Language Review "This brilliant book is of fundamental importance for scholars of medieval English law and history as well as of English literature."-Literature & History "A big, ambitious book, an important event in medieval studies."-Speculum "This book has been eagerly awaited and it fulfills all the hopes that one had of it. Green's work is of the greatest importance for the understanding of a crucial period in the history of English writing and institutions, and a crucial shift in patterns of cognition."-Derek Pearsall, Harvard University