Students and teachers alike will derive great profit and pleasure from this compact, one-volume Galfridian vade mecum ... it offers a wealth of pertinent information and critical opinion on a major European medieval poet. Naturally, all libraries should acquire a copy.

Stephen Morrison, Universite de Provence

... excellent companion to Chaucer, which includes over 2000 entries written by international scholars ... this major work is helpful to Chaucer readership at all levels and can be called a complete encyclopedia of Chaucer. Essential for all academic and large public libraries.

Library Journal

... will be a gold-mine not just for students of Chaucer or fourteenth century literature but of the medieval period.

Contemporary Review