Lyrics and Carols are two of the most important types of Medieval literature.
Poems by Chaucer and his successors present the courtly game of love in its sophisticated later Medieval form, while devotional Lyrics portray the tenderness of the later Medieval re.
This anthology provides a generous and wide-ranging selection, beginning with the first Lyrics in English to celebrate love as romantic devotion to a woman, and including all pre-Chaucerian love Lyrics (other than a few brief snatches).
Lyrics and Carols are two of the most important types of Medieval literature