Derek Pearsall

Derek Pearsall is a prominent medievalist and Chaucerian who has written and published widely on Chaucer, Langland, Gower, manuscript studies, and medieval history and culture.

He is the Co-director, Emeritus, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York; Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University.^[1]

References

1. ^ Aers, David (ed). Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall. Cambridge: Brewer, 2000.Google books

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