About the Author

David Matthews is professor of medieval and medievalism studies at the University of Manchester and was Head of the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing between 2013 and 2015. He was editor of Studies in the Age of Chaucer, the annual journal of the New Chaucer Society from 2007 to 2013. He previously taught at the University of Newcastle in Australia and then had a short stint at the University of Liverpool.