About the Author

Kevin J. Harty, professor and formerly chair of English and coordinator of the Undergraduate General Education Core at La Salle University in Philadelphia, is associate editor of Arthuriana, the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society (of which he is the former president). He has previously written or edited 14 books, including ground-breaking studies of depictions of the Middle Ages on film.

Reviews

“will benefit a wide audience...important on a number of levels...a key work...excellent.... Recommended”—Booklist; “includes nearly 600 films dealing with medieval Europe produced from the earliest days of cinema to the present”—Choice; “exceptionally reader-friendly”—ARBA; “complete...comprehensive...remarkable...an incredibly valuable resource...a beautiful book, easy to use and a pleasure to read...this survey is essential”—Arthuriana; “seriously addictive browsing...an extremely wide range of films is included...one of the company’s best, being a valuable A-Z and a subtle history lesson to boot”—Film Review; “a comprehensive listing of medieval films...excellent black and white photos of film scenes...a considerable accomplishment...extraordinarily useful”—Tristania; “more than 900 films”—Classic Images; “a veritable celluloid mine to be sifted again and again”—The Monthly Bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society; “[this book] is just the thing. Each entry lists published reviews and books or articles for further discussion”—C&RL News; “critiques of more than 900...films”—The Intelligencer Record; “an extensive and valuable list...will help scholars expand their reading lists about medieval film...definitive collection”—Medieval Feminist Newsletter; “a thoroughly enjoyable, enlightening work”—Medieval Academy News; “Comprehensive.... Anyone who teaches the Middle Ages or medievalism will find this an essential book...will be a standard reference tool for a long time.”—Alan Lupack, Curator, The Robbins Library, University of Rochester.