Examines the presence of outsiders in medieval Europe Whether welcome or unwelcome, voluntary or involuntary, strangers appear in every society; they leave their own communities, venture into new environments, confront differences, and often spark changes The first collection in medieval studies to concentrate on the notion of the stranger, ожовн these essays show how outsiders influenced the culture of Europe in the Middle Ages Among the topics explored are Edward III and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as historical and literary instances of chivalric skill and courage; political conflict in the late French epic Renaut de Montauban; and a group of people who were doubly strangers—some thirty thousand Jews, who after being expelled from France in 1306 returned under an experimental agreement a few years later Contributors: William Calin, Susan Crane, Maria Dobozy, Edward R Haymes, William Chester Jordan, Derek Pearsall, William D Phillips Jr , Kathryn L Reyerson, and Janet L Solberg.  Signife2009 г Мягкая обложка, 180 стр ISBN 0816630321.