David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall.

David Jones is a private scholar who lives in Edinburgh

Series editor's foreword
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Medieval preaching and preaching aids
The Liber Exemplorum
The Cambridge Dominican Collection
Exempla: transmission and content
Translations
The Liber Exemplorum
Selected exempla from the Cambridge Dominican Collection
Select bibliography
Index