Table of Contents

Introduction
Myth and Ritual
Winter Mindscapes
Winter Institutions
Summer Adventure

Reviews

A rich and stimulating work, the fruit of wide reading and ambitious scholarship.
*MEDIUM AEVUM*

A well-written and well-researched book.
*ARCHIV FUR DAS STUDIUM DER NEUREN SPRACHEN UND LITERATUREN*

A well-written, insightful, and resourceful book, which has much to offer scholars and students working on landscape, environment, and the 'natural' world in various disciplines within medieval studies.
*REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES*

[Makes] one pause for thought and consideration of how seasonality transports across centuries, nationalities, communities, individuals, and literary genres.
*COMITATUS*

Drawing together an impressive number of disciplines, including those associated with timekeeping, psychology, climate history, agricultural history, and military history, Langeslag sketches out the physical and mental contexts that surround medieval literatures' presentation of the seasons.
*THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW*