Expertly compiled and co-edited by Peter Linehan (Fellow and Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge, England) and Janet L. Nelson (Professor of Medieval History at King's College, London, England), The Medieval World gathers a wealth of informed and informative essays contributed from a wide and diverse variety of educated and articulate scholars concerning such topics as identity, "What the Crusades meant to Europe"; power and power structures; "The King's Counsellors' two Faces: a Portuguese perspective"; ..