Acknowledgements
I would like to offer my warmest thanks and deepest gratitude to: Larissa Tracy, series editor of Explorations in Medieval Culture, for her invitation to submit to the series and her support along the way; Marcella Mulder at Brill for her patience and guidance; Maire Johnson for assistance in filling a gap in coverage in the manuscript; the administration at North Carolina Wesleyan College for granting my sabbatical request in the fall of 2016, which allowed me to begin work on this collection; my colleagues at North Carolina Wesleyan College for their willingness to take on additional responsibilities during my sabbatical, as well as for their support and friendship throughout the years; Brill’s anonymous reader, who provided thoughtful comments on earlier drafts; Dan Connolly for compiling the index; and my family for their steadfast and boundless support.
Finally, I would like to thank the contributors to this collection, without whom this volume would not have been possible.